Middle colic artery
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{{Infobox Artery |
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Latin = arteria colica media |
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Image = Gray537.png |
Caption = The [[inferior mesenteric artery]] and its branches. (Middle colic visible at center top.) |
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Caption2 = |
BranchFrom = [[superior mesenteric artery]] |
BranchTo = |
Vein = [[Middle colic vein]] |
Supplies = [[transverse colon]] |
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MeshNumber = 12153955 |
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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]]