Right colic artery
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{{Infobox Artery |
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Latin = arteria colica dextra |
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Caption = The [[superior mesenteric artery]] and its branches. (Right colic visible at center.) |
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BranchFrom = [[superior mesenteric artery]] |
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Vein = [[right colic vein]] |
Supplies = [[ascending colon]] |
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DorlandsPre = a_61 |
DorlandsSuf = 12153948 |
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The '''Right Colic Artery''' arises from about the middle of the concavity of the [[superior mesenteric artery]], or from a stem common to it and the [[ileocolic]].
It passes to the right behind the [[peritoneum]], and in front of the right [[internal spermatic]] or [[ovarian vessels]], the right [[ureter]] and the [[Psoas major]], toward the middle of the [[ascending colon]]; sometimes the vessel lies at a higher level, and crosses the descending part of the [[duodenum]] and the lower end of the right [[kidney]].
At the [[Colon (anatomy)|colon]] it divides into a descending branch, which anastomoses with the ileocolic, and an ascending branch, which anastomoses with the [[middle colic]].
These branches form arches, from the convexity of which vessels are distributed to the [[ascending colon]].
==External links==
* {{SUNYAnatomyFigs|39|01|04}} - "Branches of the superior mesenteric artery."
* {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|39|03|01|02}} - "Intestines and Pancreas: Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery"
* {{SUNYAnatomyImage|8|5|80}}
* {{NormanAnatomy|largeintestine}}
* {{NormanAnatomy|sup&infmesentericart}}
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{{circulatory-stub}}
{{Arteries of thorax and abdomen}}
[[pt:Artéria cólica direita]]