Colic branch of the ileocolic artery
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The colic branch of the ileocolic artery supplies blood to the ascending colon.
It courses superiorly along the left side of the ascending colon before anastomosing with the descending branch of the right colic artery to supply blood to the caecum and proximal ascending colon 1,2.
-<p>The <strong>colic branch of the ileocolic artery </strong>supplies blood to the ascending colon. </p><p>It courses superiorly along the left side of the <a title="Ascending colon" href="/articles/ascending-colon">ascending colon</a> before anastomosing with the descending branch of the <a title="Right colic artery" href="/articles/right-colic-artery">right colic artery</a> to supply blood to the <a title="Caecum" href="/articles/caecum">caecum</a> and proximal ascending colon <sup>1,2</sup>. </p>- +<p>The <strong>colic branch of the ileocolic artery </strong>supplies blood to the ascending colon. </p><p>It courses superiorly along the left side of the <a href="/articles/ascending-colon">ascending colon</a> before anastomosing with the descending branch of the <a href="/articles/right-colic-artery">right colic artery</a> to supply blood to the <a href="/articles/caecum">caecum</a> and proximal ascending colon <sup>1,2</sup>. </p>
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- 2. Carmine D. Clemente. Clemente's Anatomy Dissector. (2020) <a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?vid=ISBN9781608313846">ISBN: 9781608313846</a><span class="ref_v4"></span>
- 1. Karen M. Horton, Elliot K. Fishman. Volume-rendered 3D CT of the Mesenteric Vasculature: Normal Anatomy, Anatomic Variants, and Pathologic Conditions1. (2002) RadioGraphics. 22 (1): 161-72. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1148/radiographics.22.1.g02ja30161">doi:10.1148/radiographics.22.1.g02ja30161</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11796905">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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- Anatomy
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- Vascular
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