Ileal arteries

Group of arteries that provide blood to the ileum
Ileal arteries
Loop of small intestine showing distribution of intestinal arteries.
Ileal arteries
Details
SourceSuperior mesenteric artery
BranchesStraight arteries of ileum
VeinIleal veins
SuppliesIleum
Identifiers
Latinarteriae ileales
TA98A12.2.12.058
TA24257
FMA70810
Anatomical terminology
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The ileal arteries are 12 branches of the superior mesenteric artery[1] which supply blood to the ileum.[citation needed] They arise from the left side of the superior mesenteric artery.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Sobotta Anatomy Textbook. Friedrich Paulsen, Tobias M. Böckers, J. Waschke, Stephan Winkler, Katja Dalkowski, Jörg Mair, Sonja Klebe, Elsevier ClinicalKey. Munich. 2018. p. 345. ISBN 978-0-7020-6760-0. OCLC 1132300315.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
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Arteries of the abdomen and pelvis
Abdominal
aorta
Inferior phrenic
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Celiac
Left gastric
Common hepatic
Splenic
Superior mesenteric
Suprarenal
Renal
Gonadal
Lumbar
Inferior mesenteric
Common iliac
Internal iliac
Posterior surface
Iliolumbar
Anterior surface
Superior vesical artery
Obturator
Middle rectal
Uterine
Inferior gluteal
Internal pudendal
External iliac
Median sacral
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