Ileocolic artery
The ileocolic artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery. It supplies the cecum, ileum, and appendix.
| Ileocolic artery | |
|---|---|
Arteries of cecum and vermiform process. (Terminal part of Ileocolic labeled at upper right.) | |
The superior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Ileocolic artery not labeled, but visible at bottom left.) | |
| Details | |
| Source | superior mesenteric artery |
| Branches | appendicular artery anterior cecal artery posterior cecal artery |
| Vein | ileocolic vein |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria ileocolica |
| TA98 | A12.2.12.059 |
| TA2 | 4258 |
| FMA | 14815 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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 gives rise to the appendicular artery and anastomoses with the end of the superior mesenteric artery; the superior branch anastomoses with the right colic artery.
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