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ileocolic artery
Origin: superior mesenteric artery
Branches: right colic artery (right side)
Distribution:
1) terminal part of the ileum
2) cecum
3) vermiform appendix
4) ascending colon
Anastomoses:
1) right colic artery
2) ileal artery
Related
colic artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: ileocolic artery
ORIGIN: superior mesenteric artery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
- Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium