Anterior caecal artery

The anterior caecal artery (Latin for 'anterior caecum artery ') is an artery in the human abdominal cavity . It arises in the area of ​​the mesenteric root at the transition from the ileum to the appendix from the ileocolic artery and extends via the caecalis vascularis plica to the appendix, which it supplies together with the posterior caecal artery .

literature

• Waldeyer: Human anatomy . Walter de Gruyter, 17th edition 2002, ISBN 978-3-11-016561-6 , p. 999.