Sigmoid arteries

Sigmoid arteries
Sigmoid arteries
	Sigmoid colon and rectum, showing distribution of branches of inferior mesenteric artery and their anastomoses
	The inferior mesenteric artery and its branches (sigmoid arteries labeled at bottom right)
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Identifiers
Latin	Arteriae sigmoideae
TA98	A12.2.12.072
TA2	4295
FMA	14830
	Anatomical terminology; [edit on Wikidata]

The sigmoid arteries, two or three in number, run obliquely downward and to the left behind the peritoneum and in front of the psoas major, ureter, and internal spermatic vessels. They originate from the inferior mesenteric artery branch of the abdominal aorta.

Their branches supply the lower part of the descending colon, the iliac colon, and the sigmoid or pelvic colon; anastomosing above with the left colic, and below with the superior hemorrhoidal artery.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 610 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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Anatomy photo:39:05-0106 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Intestines and Pancreas: Branches of the Inferior Mesenteric Artery"
Anatomy image:7926 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center

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