Ileal arteries

Ileal arteries
Loop of small intestine showing distribution of intestinal arteries.
Ileal arteries
Details
Latin	arteriae ileales
Supplies	ileum
Source	superior mesenteric artery
Vein	ileal veins
Identifiers
Gray's	p.607
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12154515
Anatomical terminology

The ileal arteries feed oxygenated blood into the ileum, a portion of the small intestine in mammals, reptiles, and birds. They are branches of the superior mesenteric artery.

External links

Ileal+arteries at eMedicine Dictionary

List of arteries of torso – abdomen

Parietal

celiac

left gastric	esophageal branches

common hepatic	proper hepatic (cystic) right gastric gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal, supraduodenal)

splenic	pancreatic branches (greater, dorsal) short gastric left gastro-omental

SMA

inferior pancreaticoduodenal
intestinal (jejunal, ileal, arcades, vasa recta)
ileocolic (colic, anterior cecal, posterior cecal, ileal branch, appendicular)
right colic
middle colic

IMA

Posterior

visceral

terminal/
common iliac

IIA

umbilical	superior vesical to ductus deferens ♂ medial umbilical ligament

obturator	anterior branch posterior branch

middle rectal	vaginal branch ♀

uterine ♀	arcuate vaginal of uterine ovarian of uterine tubal of uterine spiral

V/IV	vaginal ♀ inferior vesical ♂

inferior gluteal	accompanying of ischiadic nerve cruciate anastomosis

internal pudendal	inferior rectal perineal (posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀) bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ urethral deep artery of the penis ♂ (helicine)/clitoris ♀ dorsal of the penis ♂/clitoris ♀

Posterior

EIA

see

: VAS

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