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Definition of Arteria ileocolica

1. Noun. An artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon.

Medical Definition of Arteria ileocolica

1. Origin, superior mesenteric, often by a common trunk with the right colic; distribution, terminal part of ileum, caecum, vermiform appendix, and ascending colon; anastomoses, right colic and ileal. Synonym: arteria ileocolica. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arteria Ileocolica

Literary usage of Arteria ileocolica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arteries of the gastro-intestinal tract with inosculation circle by Byron Robinson (1908)
"<0» ф ' I. ILEOCOLIC ARTERY (arteria ileocolica). * Dissection. ... The arteria ileocolica is a constant vessel. Synonyms. Inferior right colic artery, ..."

2. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"arteria ileocolica.—The ileo-colic artery springs from the middle of the concavity of the superior mesenteric, and proceeds downwards and laterally towards ..."

3. A Laboratory Manual of Human Anatomy by Lewellys Franklin Barker, Dean De Witt Lewis, Daniel Graisberry Revell (1904)
"The blood supply of the caecum and appendix is derived from the arteria ileocolica. It runs in the terminal part of the . pan duo ..."

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