colic branch of ileocolic artery

colic branch of ileocolic artery

[TA] the branch of the ileocolic artery that passes superiorly up the ascending colon to communicate with a branch of the right colic artery and supplying the ascending colon; forms the initial segment of the marginal artery of the colon. Synonym(s): ramus colicus arteriae ileocolicae [TA]