colic artery

colic artery
noun
arteries that supply blood to the colon
Syn: ↑arteria colica
Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel
Part Holonyms: ↑abdomen, ↑venter, ↑stomach, ↑belly

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noun
Etymology: colic (III)
: any of three arteries supplying the large intestine, the right and middle colic arteries being branches of the superior mesenteric and serving the ascending and transverse colon and the left colic artery deriving from the inferior mesenteric and supplying the descending colon — called also respectively colica dextra, colica media, and colica sinistra

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  • Left colic artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arteria colica sinistra GraySubject = 154 GrayPage = 610 Caption = The inferior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Left colic visible at center right.) Caption2 = Sigmoid colon and rectum, showing… …   Wikipedia

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