Arteria Ileocolica (Noun)
Meaning
An artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon.
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Examples
- The ileocolic artery is the lower and more slender of the three divisions of the superior mesenteric arteries, and passes downward and to the right behind the peritoneum toward the right iliac fossa to anastomose with the lowest branches of the superior mesenteric and with the first branch of the inferior mesenteric artery, the arteria ileocolica being the main artery supplying the terminal part of the ileum.
- The arteria ileocolica is the main artery supplying the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum, continuing behind the peritoneum of the iliac fossa.
- The sigmoid arteries are more numerous, and they arise from the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries; the arteria ileocolica is the main branch below the abdominal aorta supplying the colon, the lower and upper segments supplied by other arteries.
- The ileocolic artery also originates from the superior mesenteric artery, which forms the arteria ileocolica and divides as it approaches the cecum into a superior and an inferior branch.
- Arteria ileocolica branches off the superior mesenteric artery, supplying the terminal part of the ileum, the cecum and the vermiform appendix, as well as the ascending colon.