| Artery: Ileocolic artery | |
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| Arteries of cecum and vermiform process. (Terminal part of Ileocolic labeled at upper right.) | |
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| The superior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Ileocolic artery not labeled, but visible at bottom left.) | |
| Latin | arteria ileocolica |
| Gray's | subject #154 607 |
| Source | superior mesenteric artery |
| Branches | appendicular artery anterior cecal artery posterior cecal artery |
| Vein | ileocolic vein |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12154536 |
The Ileocolic Artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery. 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 anastomoses with the end of the superior mesenteric artery, the superior with the right colic artery.
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Branches
The inferior branch of the ileocolic runs toward the upper border of the ileocolic junction and supplies the following branches:
- colic branch of ileocolic artery, which pass upward on the ascending colon
- iliocecal (some sources acknowledge this division [1] while others do not)
- anterior cecal artery and posterior cecal artery, which are distributed to the front and back of the cecum
- ileal branch of ileocolic artery, which run upward and to the left on the lower part of the ileum, and anastomose with the termination of the superior mesenteric
- an appendicular artery
Additional images
 Superior ileocecal fossa. |
References
External links
- SUNY Labs 39:03-0109 - "Intestines and Pancreas: Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery"
- SUNY Anatomy Image 8581
- SUNY Anatomy Image 8629
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