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superior mesenteric artery
Origin: aorta
Branches:
1) inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
2) jejunal artery
3) ileal artery
4) ileocolic artery
5) right colic artery
6) middle colic artery
7) appendicular artery
Distribution:
1) part of the pancreas
2) all of the small intestine, except part of the duodenum
3) large intestine from the cecum to near the left colic flexure
Anastomoses:
1) superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
2) left colic artery
Properties
GENERAL: artery
RELATED: Wilke's triad
FORM: superior mesenteric artery
BRANCHES: inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
ileocolic artery
right colic artery
middle colic artery
ORIGIN: aorta
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Gardner, Gray & O'Rahilly. Anatomy. Saunders 4th ed., 1975