Superior mesenteric artery, illustration

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Superior mesenteric artery, illustration. The superior mesenteric artery is a major branch of the abdominal aorta and supplies the whole of the small intestine beyond the duodenum, the caecum, the ascending colon and much of the transverse colon. From Schafer, And Thane, 1899 Quain's Elements of Anatomy, Longmans Green, London.

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