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Abdom inal viscera
Inferior mesenteric artery
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Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Liver
A colica media
A mesenterica superior
A. mesenterica inferior
A. marginalis coli
A colica sinistra
Aa sigmoideae
A. rectal is superior
Fig. 1071 a-c
Variations in the branches of the inferior
mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica inferior,
a
The inferior mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica inferior,
divides into three parts supplying the descending and
sigmoid colon, as well as the rectum.
b An accessory middle colic artery, A. colica media, arises
from the inferior mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica inferior,
c
An accessory middle colic artery, A. colica media, arises
from the left colic artery, A. colica sinistra.
* C linical te rm : SUDECK's point
V. mesenterica inferior
A, ascendens
V colica sinistra
A, marginalis coli
Crista iliaca
Articulatio sacroiliaca
Fig. 1072
Inferior mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica inferior;
AP-radiograph after selective injection of a contrast medium into
the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery;
ventral view
* C atheter in the aorta
