1.1 SMA - IMA Movie Flashcards
What are the right and left branches from the superior mesenteric artery?
Right: inferior pancreaticoduodenal, middle colic, right colic, and ileocolic arteries.
Left: jejunal and ileal arteries.
What are the main branches of the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery?
The anterior and posterior branch of the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery.
What does the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery branch off of?
The right side of the superior mesenteric artery.
The middle colic artery passes through which mesentery?
The transverse mesocolon
Which artery runs within the root of the mesentery proper?
The ileocolic artery.
Which arteries form the arterial arcades and vasa recta of the small intestine?
The ileal and jejunal arteries.
Which section of the small intestine has fewer arcades and longer vasa recta compared to the other?
The jejunum has fewer arcades and longer vasa recta.
The arcades and vasa recta of the ileum are more dense.
Which artery does the middle colic artery come off of?
The superior mesenteric artery.
Which artery does the left colic artery come off of?
Inferior mesenteric artery.
Which mesentery do the sigmoid arteries pass through?
The sigmoid mesocolon.
What are the primary branches of the inferior mesenteric artery?
The left colic artery.
The sigmoid arteries.
The superior rectal artery.
