Appendicular artery

Appendicular artery
Arteries of cecum and appendix (appendicular artery labeled at bottom center right)
Details
Source	Ileocolic artery
Vein	Appendicular vein
Supplies	Appendix
Identifiers
Latin	Arteria appendicularis
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12153464
TA	A12.2.12.062
FMA	14818
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The appendicular artery (appendiceal artery) is a terminal branch of the ileocolic artery that descends behind the termination of the ileum and enters the mesoappendix of the vermiform appendix. It runs near the free margin of the mesoappendix and ends in branches which supply the appendix.

External links

Anatomy photo:39:03-0100 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery"

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Arteries of the abdomen and pelvis

Abdominal
aorta

Parietal branches

Celiac artery

Left gastric	Esophageal branches

Common hepatic	Proper hepatic cystic Right gastric Gastroduodenal right gastroepiploic superior pancreaticoduodenal supraduodenal

Splenic	Pancreatic branches greater dorsal Short gastric Left gastroepiploic

Umbilical	Superior vesical to ductus deferens

Obturator	Anterior branch Posterior branch

Middle rectal	Vaginal branch

Uterine	Arcuate Vaginal of uterine Ovarian of uterine Tubal of uterine Spiral

Vaginal Inferior vesical

Inferior gluteal	Accompanying of ischiadic nerve Cruciate anastomosis

Internal pudendal	Inferior rectal Perineal posterior scrotal posterior labial Bulb of penis/vestibule Urethral Deep artery of the penis helicine Deep artery of clitoris Dorsal of the penis Dorsal of the clitoris

Iliolumbar lumbar iliac Lateral sacral Superior gluteal

External iliac

Inferior epigastric
Deep circumflex iliac
Femoral
- see arteries of lower limbs

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