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ileocolic artery

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001197


The Ileocolic Artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery. It passes downward and to the right behind the peritoneum toward the right iliac fossa, where it divides into a superior and an inferior branch; the inferior anastomoses with the end of the superior mesenteric artery, the superior with the right colic artery. Supplies the cecum, ileum, and appendix. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileocolic_artery ]

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database cross reference
Subsets

uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Gray536.png

has related synonym

arteria ileocolica

id

UBERON:0001197

prefLabel

Ileocolic artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606