Ileocolic artery
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{{Infobox Artery |
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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.) |
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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]] |
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DorlandsPre = a_61 |
DorlandsSuf = 12154536 |
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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==
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==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]]