Left colic artery

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
Source	Inferior mesenteric
Vein	Left colic vein
Supplies	Descending colon
Identifiers
Latin	arteria colica sinistra
TA98	A12.2.12.071
TA2	4292
FMA	14826
	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;^[1] the terminal branches of the two branches go on to form anastomoses with the middle colic artery, and a sigmoid artery (respectively).^[2]^: 1196

^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 610.
^ Gray's anatomy : the anatomical basis of clinical practice. Susan Standring (Forty-second ed.). [New York]. 2021. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)