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Definition of Ileocolic artery
1. Noun. An artery that originates from the superior mesenteric artery and supplies the terminal part of the ileum and the cecum and the vermiform appendix and the ascending colon.
Medical Definition of Ileocolic artery
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ileocolic Artery
Literary usage of Ileocolic artery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutic Gazette (1908)
"In some cases the enlarged ileocolic glands extended nearly to the bifurcation
of the ileocolic artery. The operation should be one that removes the cecum, ..."
2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1910)
"Close to the ileocecal junction the ileocolic artery gives off anterior and posterior
... ARTERY AND VEIN ileocolic artery AND VEIN ASCENDING COLON FIG. ..."
3. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"A, Growth; B, line of section of colon: C, line of section of ileum; D, point of
ligature of ileocolic artery; E, middle colic artery. ii ..."
4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1920)
"The small intestines have been removed and the cut edge of the mesentery is
exposed along the line of the ileocolic artery. The ascending and transverse ..."
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