Ileocolic artery 4485280 188708460 2008-02-03T01:13:46Z 201.37.83.168 {{Infobox Artery | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = arteria ileocolica | GraySubject = 154 | GrayPage = 607 | Image = Gray536.png | Caption = Arteries of [[cecum]] and [[vermiform]] process. (Terminal part of Ileocolic labeled at upper right.) | Image2 = Gray534.png | Caption2 = The superior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Ileocolic artery not labeled, but visible at bottom left.) | BranchFrom = [[superior mesenteric artery]] | BranchTo = [[appendicular artery]]<BR>anterior cecal artery<BR>posterior cecal artery | Vein = [[ileocolic vein]] | Supplies = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = a_61 | DorlandsSuf = 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]]. ==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 <ref>{{NormanAnatomy|sup&infmesentericart}}</ref> 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== <gallery> Image:Gray1043.png|Superior ileocecal fossa. </gallery> ==References== <references/> ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|39|03|01|09}} - "Intestines and Pancreas: Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery" * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|8|5|81}} * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|8|6|29}} {{Gray's}} {{circulatory-stub}} {{Arteries of thorax and abdomen}} [[pt:Artéria ileocólica]]