Ileocolic artery

Artery: Ileocolic artery
Arteries of cecum and vermiform process. (Terminal part of Ileocolic labeled at upper right.)
The superior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Ileocolic artery not labeled, but visible at bottom left.)
Latin arteria ileocolica
Gray's subject #154 607
Source superior mesenteric artery   
Branches appendicular artery
anterior cecal artery
posterior cecal artery
Vein ileocolic vein

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. Supplies the cecum, ileum, and appendix.

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Branches

The inferior branch of the ileocolic runs toward the upper border of the ileocolic junction and supplies the following branches:

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References

  1. ^ sup&infmesentericart at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.