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ascending artery
Origin:
-> left colic artery (from inferior mesenteric artery)
Course:
-> passes anterior to the left kidney into the transverse mesocolon
Anastomoses:
-> middle colic artery, thus forming an anastomoses between the superior & inferior mesenteric arteries
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: ascending artery
ORIGIN: left colic artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium