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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LatinArteriae sigmoideae
TA98A12.2.12.072
TA24295
FMA14830
Anatomical terminology

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


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