Appendicular artery
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| Artery: Appendicular artery | |
|---|---|
| Arteries of cecum and vermiform process. (Appendicular artery labeled at bottom center right.) | |
| Latin | arteria appendicularis |
| Gray's | subject #154 607 |
| Supplies | Appendix |
| Source | Ileocolic artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12153464 |
The appendicular artery descends behind the termination of the ileum and enters the mesenteriole of the vermiform process; it runs near the free margin of this mesenteriole and ends in branches which supply the vermiform process.
- Dictionary at eMedicine Appendicular+artery
- SUNY Labs 39:03-0100 - "Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery"
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