Preferred Label : middle colic artery;
Uberon definition : The middle colic artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly
supplies the transverse colon. It arises just below the pancreas, and, passing downward
and forward between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, divides into two branches:
right and left. The right branch anastomoses with the right colic artery The left
branch anastomoses with the left colic artery, a branch of the inferior mesenteric
artery. The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers' breadth from the transverse
colon, to which they distribute branches. [WP,unvetted].;
Origin ID : 0001196;
UMLS CUI : C0226328;
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The middle colic artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly
supplies the transverse colon. It arises just below the pancreas, and, passing downward
and forward between the layers of the transverse mesocolon, divides into two branches:
right and left. The right branch anastomoses with the right colic artery The left
branch anastomoses with the left colic artery, a branch of the inferior mesenteric
artery. The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers' breadth from the transverse
colon, to which they distribute branches. [WP,unvetted].
