middle colic artery
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Related to middle colic artery: ileocolic artery, Marginal artery, middle colic vein, Right colic artery, sigmoid artery
mid·dle col·ic ar·ter·y
[TA]origin, superior mesenteric; distribution, transverse colon; anastomoses, right and left colic.
Synonym(s): arteria colica media [TA]
mid·dle col·ic ar·te·ry
(mid'ĕl kol'ik ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]Origin, superior mesenteric; distribution, transverse colon; anastomoses, right and left colic.
middle colic artery
An upper branch of the superior mesenteric artery; it runs to the right, it supplies blood to the transverse colon, and it anastomoses with the right colic artery and with branches of the left colic artery.
See also: artery