Ileocolic artery
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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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Ileocolic artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Superior mesenteric artery |
Branches | Appendicular artery anterior cecal artery posterior cecal artery |
Vein | Ileocolic vein |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria ileocolica |
TA98 | A12.2.12.059 |
TA2 | 4258 |
FMA | 14815 |
Anatomical terminology |
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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.