Left colic artery

Left colic artery
The inferior mesenteric artery and its branches. (Left colic visible at center right.)
Sigmoid colon and rectum, showing distribution of branches of inferior mesenteric artery and their anastomoses. (Left colic visible at center left.)
Details
SourceInferior mesenteric
VeinLeft colic vein
SuppliesDescending colon
Identifiers
Latinarteria colica sinistra
TA98A12.2.12.071
TA24292
FMA14826
Anatomical terminology

The left colic artery is a branch of the inferior mesenteric artery distributed to the descending colon, and left part of the transverse colon. It ends by dividing into an ascending branch and a descending branch; the terminal branches of the two branches go on to form anastomoses with the middle colic artery, and a sigmoid artery (respectively).: 1196 

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