sigmoid artery
The sigmoid arteries, two or three in number, run obliquely downward and to the left behind the peritoneum and in front of the Psoas major, ureter, and internal spermatic vessels. Their branches supply the lower part of the descending colon, the iliac colon, and the sigmoid or pelvic colon; anastomosing above with the left colic, and below with the superior hemorrhoidal artery. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_arteries ]
Synonyms: inferior left colic artery
Term info
- Wikipedia:Sigmoid_arteries
- FMA:14830
- SCTID:265956005
- UMLS:C0226330
- NCIT:C33549
human_reference_atlas
uberon
UBERON:0035180
Sigmoid artery
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
Term relations
- systemic artery
- branching part of some inferior mesenteric artery
- part of some inferior mesenteric artery