superior mesenteric artery

Origin

aorta

Branches

• inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• jejunal artery
• ileal artery
• ileocolic artery
• right colic artery
• middle colic artery
• appendicular artery

Anastomoses

• superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• left colic artery

Distribution

• part of the pancreas
• all of the small intestine, except part of the duodenum
• large intestine from the cecum to near the left colic flexure

More general terms

• artery