Cardiovascular system
Right colic artery
Arteria colica dextra
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Side
- Right
- Part of
- Superior mesenteric artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The right colic artery is an artery of the abdomen.
It is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery.
It supplies the ascending colon.
It may be removed in a right hemicolectomy.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria colica dextra
- English
- Right colic artery
- French
- Artère colique droite
- Spanish
- Arteria cólica derecha
- Portuguese
- Artéria cólica direita