Aorta abdominalis. 



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565. The Ramification of the Superior Mesenteric 



Artery. 



2. The superior mesenteric artery, Art. mesenterica (mesaraica) 

 superior, arises immediately below the coeliac axis, passes behind the 

 head of the pancreas to the root of the mesentery and supplies the 

 greatest part of the intestines by means of about twenty branches. It forms : 



a) The inferior pancreatico-duodenal artery, Art. duo- 

 denalis inferior, for the descending portion of the duodenum and the head 

 of the pancreas ; 



b) The intestinal branches, Arteriae jejunaks et ileae, for the 

 small intestine; 



c) The i 1 e o - c o 1 i c for the termination of the small and com- 

 mencement of the large intestine; 



d) The Art. colica dextra for the ascending colon; 



e) The Art. colica media for the transverse colon. 



Heitzmann, Atlas. II. 29 



