Definition of Colic artery

1. Noun. Arteries that supply blood to the colon.

Exact synonyms: Arteria Colica
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Group relationships: Abdomen, Belly, Stomach, Venter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colic Artery

coletas
colets
coleus
coleuses
colewort
coleworts
coley
coleys
coli granuloma
colibacillosis
colibacillus
colibri
colibris
colic
colic arteries
colic artery (current term)
colic impression
colic intussusception
colic lymph nodes
colic root
colic sphincter
colic surface of spleen
colic teniae
colic vein
colic veins
colica
colical
colichemarde
colichemardes
colicin

Literary usage of Colic artery

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

1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"Left flexure of the colon. Duodeno-jejunal flexure. Middle colic artery. Left kidney. Inferior mesenteric vein. Left colic artery. Psoas major muscle. ..."

2. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"The middle colic chain drains the area of distribution of the middle colic artery, the upper part of the ascending colon, the hepatic flexure, ..."

3. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"(c) The middle colic artery (a. cólica media) is a large branch which springs from the front of the superior mesenteric as it enters the root of the ..."

4. An Elementary Treatise on Human Anatomy by Joseph Leidy (1889)
"The middle colic artery arises on the right of the upper part of the superior mesenteric, runs forward and downward in the transverse mesocolon, ..."

5. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"nerves, lymph vessels and lymph glands will be exposed, and the anastomoses of the branches of the middle colic artery with branches of the right colic ..."

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