Cardiovascular system
Middle colic artery
Arteria colica media
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Superior mesenteric artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The middle colic artery is an artery of the abdomen.
It is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly supplies the transverse colon.
Parts of it may be removed in different types of hemicolectomy.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria colica media
- English
- Middle colic artery
- French
- Artère colique moyenne
- Spanish
- Arteria cólica media
- Portuguese
- Artéria cólica média