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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

Related

Wilke's triad

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: superior mesenteric artery BRANCHES: inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery ileocolic artery right colic artery middle colic artery ORIGIN: aorta

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Gardner, Gray & O'Rahilly. Anatomy. Saunders 4th ed., 1975

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium