Middle colic artery

Middle colic artery
The superior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Middle colic visible at center top.)
Colonic blood supply (Middle colic artery is #6)
Details
Source	superior mesenteric artery
Vein	Middle colic vein
Supplies	transverse colon
Identifiers
Latin	arteria colica media
MeSH	12153955
TA	A12.2.12.067
FMA	14810
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The middle colic artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly supplies the transverse colon. It arises just below the pancreas. It passes inferiorly and anteriorly between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, and divides into left and right branches. The right branch anastomoses with the right colic artery, and the left anastomoses with the left colic artery, a branch of the inferior mesenteric artery. This sequence of anastomses are frequently referred to as the marginal artery of the colon.

The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers’ breadth from the transverse colon, to which they distribute branches.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

Anatomy photo:39:03-0101 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Intestines and Pancreas: Branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery"
Anatomy image:8579 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
sup&infmesentericart at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

Left gastric	Esophageal branches

Common hepatic	Proper hepatic cystic Right gastric Gastroduodenal right gastroepiploic superior pancreaticoduodenal supraduodenal

Splenic	Pancreatic branches greater dorsal Short gastrics Left gastroepiploic

Posterior trunk

Iliolumbar	Lumbar branch Iliac branch

Lateral sacral	superior branch inferior branch

Superior gluteal	superficial branch deep branch

Anterior trunk

Superior vesical artery	Umbilical artery Medial umbilical ligament to ductus deferens

Obturator	Anterior branch Pubic branch Posterior branch Acetabular branch Cruciate anastomosis Corona mortis

Middle rectal	Vaginal branch ♀ / Prostatic branch ♂

Uterine ♀	Arcuate Vaginal branches Ovarian branches Tubal branches Spiral

Vaginal ♀ / Inferior vesical ♂

Inferior gluteal	Accompanying of sciatic nerve Cruciate anastomosis

Internal pudendal	Inferior rectal Perineal posterior scrotal posterior labial Bulb of penis/vestibule Urethral Deep artery of the penis helicine Deep artery of clitoris Dorsal of the penis Dorsal of the clitoris

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