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DictionarySeearteryleft colic artery
left col·ic ar·ter·y [TA] origin, inferior mesenteric; distribution, descending colon and splenic flexure; anastomoses, middle colic, sigmoid. Synonym(s): arteria colica sinistra [TA]left col·ic ar·te·ry (left kol'ik ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, inferior mesenteric; distribution, descending colon and splenic flexure; anastomoses, middle colic, sigmoid. Synonym(s): arteria colica sinistra. left colic arteryAn upper branch of the inferior mesenteric artery; it runs to the left, it supplies blood to the descending colon, and it anastomoses with the middle colic artery and the upper sigmoid artery.See also: artery |