Middle colic artery 4484810 188708942 2008-02-03T01:16:37Z 201.37.83.168 {{Infobox Artery | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = arteria colica media | GraySubject = 154 | GrayPage = 609 | Image = Gray537.png | Caption = The [[inferior mesenteric artery]] and its branches. (Middle colic visible at center top.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | BranchFrom = [[superior mesenteric artery]] | BranchTo = | Vein = [[Middle colic vein]] | Supplies = [[transverse colon]] | MeshName = a_61 | MeshNumber = 12153955 | }} The '''middle colic artery''' is a branch of the [[superior mesenteric artery]] that mostly supplies the [[transverse colon]]. It arises just below the [[pancreas]], and, passing downward and forward between the layers of the [[transverse mesocolon]], divides into two branches: right and left. * The right branch anastomoses with the [[right colic artery]] * The left branch anastomoses with the [[left colic artery]], a branch of the [[inferior mesenteric artery]]. The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers’ breadth from the [[transverse colon]], to which they distribute branches. ==See also== * [[marginal artery]] ==External links== * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|39|03|01|01}} - "Intestines and Pancreas: Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery" * {{SUNYAnatomyImage|8|5|79}} * {{NormanAnatomy|sup&infmesentericart}} {{Gray's}} {{circulatory-stub}} {{Arteries of thorax and abdomen}} [[pt:Artéria cólica média]]