mesenteric artery vs artery

mesenteric artery and artery both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mesenteric artery	Yes	No	No	No
artery	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, artery is a hypernym of mesenteric artery; that is, artery is a word with a broader meaning than mesenteric artery:

mesenteric artery: one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines
artery: a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body

Other hypernyms of mesenteric artery include arteria, arterial blood vessel.

mesenteric artery (noun)	artery (noun)
one of two branches of the aorta that pass between the two layers of the mesentery to the intestines	a major thoroughfare that bears important traffic
	a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body