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. Supplies the cecum, ileum, and appendix. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileocolic_artery ]
Term information
- galen:IleocolicArtery
- UMLS:C0226323 (ncithesaurus:Ileo-colic_Artery)
- FMA:14815
- MA:0001970
- NCIT:C32760
- SCTID:244279000
- Wikipedia:Ileocolic_artery
- EMAPA:37083 (MA:th)
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- artery and supplies some caecum and supplies some vermiform appendix and supplies some ileum and connecting branch of some superior mesenteric artery
- artery
- supplies some caecum
- supplies some ileum
- supplies some vermiform appendix
- part of some system
- connecting branch of some superior mesenteric artery