loading...| Preferred Name |
middle colic artery |
| Synonyms |
arteria colica media |
| Definitions |
The middle colic artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly supplies the transverse colon. It arises just below the pancreas, and, passing downward and forward between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, divides into two branches: right and left. The right branch anastomoses with the right colic artery The left branch anastomoses with the left colic artery, a branch of the inferior mesenteric artery. The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers' breadth from the transverse colon, to which they distribute branches. [WP,unvetted]. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001196 |
| branching part of | |
| database_cross_reference |
FMA:14810 NCIT:C52981 MA:0002007 UMLS:C0226328 EMAPA:37106 SCTID:244276007 Wikipedia:Middle_colic_artery galen:MiddleColicArtery |
| definition |
The middle colic artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly supplies the transverse colon. It arises just below the pancreas, and, passing downward and forward between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, divides into two branches: right and left. The right branch anastomoses with the right colic artery The left branch anastomoses with the left colic artery, a branch of the inferior mesenteric artery. The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers' breadth from the transverse colon, to which they distribute branches. [WP,unvetted]. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Gray537.png |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
arteria colica media |
| id |
UBERON:0001196 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
middle colic artery |
| notation |
UBERON:0001196 |
| prefLabel |
middle colic artery |
| present_in_taxon | |
| supplies | |
| subClassOf |