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 gives rise to the appendicular artery and anastomoses with the end of the superior mese...
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<anatomy, artery> Origin, superior mesenteric, often by a common trunk with the right colic; distribution, terminal part of ileum, caecum, vermiform appendix, and ascending colon; anastomoses, right colic and ileal. ... Synonym: arteria ileocolica. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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origin, superior mesenteric artery; branches, anterior and posterior cecal and appendicular arteries and colic (ascending) and ileal branches; distribution, ileum, cecum, vermiform appendix, ascending colon.
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The artery which originates from the superior mesenteric and branches into the anterior and posterior cecal, appendicular, colic, and ileal rami arteries.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. origin, superior mesenteric, often by a common trunk with the right colic; distribution, terminal part of ileum, cecum, vermiform appendix, and ascending colon; anastomoses, right colic and ileal. Synonyms: arteria ileocolica
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n] - an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon
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arteria ileocolica noun an artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon
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