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Ileocolic artery

Ileocolic artery

Artery in the abdomen

The ileocolic artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery. It supplies the cecum, ileum, and appendix.

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It passes downward and to the right behind the peritoneum toward the right iliac fossa, where it divides into a superior and an inferior branch: the inferior gives rise to the appendicular artery and anastomoses with the end of the superior mesenteric artery; the superior branch anastomoses with the right colic artery.

Anatomy

Branches

The inferior branch of the ileocolic runs toward the upper border of the ileocolic junction and produces the following branches:

Additional images

  • Superior ileocecal fossa.
  • Colonic blood supply

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 607 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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    sup&infmesentericart at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)


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