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Abstract
The artery supplying nearly all the left half of the transverse colon, the whole of the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and the greater part of the rectum. It is smaller than the superior mesenteric artery (MESENTERIC ARTERY, SUPERIOR) and arises from the aorta above its bifurcation into the common iliac arteries.
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- Mesenteric Artery, Inferior
- Arteries, Inferior Mesenteric
- Artery, Inferior Mesenteric
- Inferior Mesenteric Arteries
- Mesenteric Arteries, Inferior
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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disease is usually MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION but coord IM with MESENTERIC ARTERY, INFERIOR (NIM); embolism or thrombosis: coord NIM with MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION (IM) + EMBOLISM or THROMBOSIS (IM)
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Previous Indexing
- Mesenteric Arteries (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inferior Mesenteric Artery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017537. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017537
- Inferior Mesenteric Artery. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_mesenteric_artery
- Inferior Mesenteric Artery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707384