Right colic artery

Dr Henry Knipe ◉ ◈ et al.

The right colic artery may arise directly from the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) but often arises from a common trunk with the ileocolic artery or middle colic artery.

It courses to the right to the ascending colon and divides into a descending branch that supplies the lower portion of the ascending colon and anastomoses with the colic branch of the ileocolic artery, and an ascending branch which supplies the upper portion of the ascending colon and anastomoses at the hepatic flexure with the right branch of the middle colic artery. It contributes to the marginal artery of Drummond.

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Anatomy: Abdominopelvic

skeleton of the abdomen and pelvis
muscles of the abdomen and pelvis
spaces of the abdomen and pelvis
- anterior abdominal wall
  - sternocostal triangle
- posterior abdominal wall
- abdominal cavity
  - peritoneum
  - retroperitoneum
- pelvic cavity
  - pelvic peritoneal space
    - rectouterine pouch (pouch of Douglas)
    - rectovesical pouch
  - retropubic space (of Retzius)
  - paravesical space
    - lateral fossa
    - supravesical fossa
  - presacral space
  - canal of Nuck
  - pudendal canal
  - obturator canal
- perineum
abdominal and pelvic viscera
blood supply of the abdomen and pelvis
lymphatics
- lymph node groups
- cisterna chyli
innervation of the abdomen and pelvis
- lumbar plexus
- sacral plexus

Article information

rID: 26760

System: Vascular, Gastrointestinal

Section: Anatomy

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