Inferior mesenteric
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Inferior mesenteric can refer to:
- Inferior mesenteric arteryInferior mesenteric arteryIn human anatomy, the inferior mesenteric artery, often abbreviated as IMA, supplies the large intestine from the left colic flexure to the upper part of the rectum, which includes the descending colon, the sigmoid colon, and part of the rectum...
- Inferior mesenteric veinInferior mesenteric veinIn human anatomy, the inferior mesenteric vein is a blood vessel that drains blood from the large intestine. It usually terminates when reaching the splenic vein, which goes on to form the portal vein with the superior mesenteric vein...
- Inferior mesenteric lymph nodesInferior mesenteric lymph nodesThe inferior mesenteric glands consist of:* small glands on the branches of the left colic and sigmoid arteries* a group in the sigmoid mesocolon, around the superior hemorrhoidal artery...
- Inferior mesenteric plexusInferior mesenteric plexusThe inferior mesenteric plexus is derived chiefly from the aortic plexus.It surrounds the inferior mesenteric artery, and divides into a number of secondary plexuses, which are distributed to all the parts supplied by the artery, viz., the left colic and sigmoid plexuses, which supply the...