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left colic artery
Origin: inferior mesenteric artery
Distribution: descending colon splenic flexure
Anastomoses:
1) middle colic artery
2) sigmoid artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: left colic artery
ORIGIN: inferior mesenteric artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium