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Abdom inal viscera
Superior mesenteric artery
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Stomach
Small intestine
Large intestine
Liver
A colica media
A. marginalis coll
A. colica dextra
A. ileocolica
A caecal is posterior
A. appendicularis
A mesenterica superior
Aa. jejunales
Aa ileales
A mesenterica inferior
Fig. 1068 a-d
Variability of the branches of the superior
mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica superior, supplying the large
intestine.
a
'Textbook case", the ascending and the transverse colon,
Colon ascendens et transversum, are supplied by three
branches.
b
The ileocolic artery, A. ileocolica, and the right colic artery,
A. colica dextra, form a common trunk,
c
Only two branches arise from the mesenteric artery while
the right colic artery, A. colica dextra, is absent,
d Duplication of the right colic artery, A. colica dextra
Fig. 1069
Superior mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica superior;
* Catheter in the aorta
AP-radiograph after injection of a contrast medium into the
** Catheter in the common iliac artery
origin of the superior mesenteric artery;
ventral view
