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  Caption The inferior mesenteric artery and its branches (Middle colic visible at center top)
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The Middle Colic Artery arises from the Superior Mesenteric just below the Pancreas and, passing downward and forward between the layers of the Transverse Mesocolon , divides into two branches, right and left; the former anastomoses with the Right Colic ; the latter with the Left Colic , a branch of the Inferior Mesenteric .

The arches thus formed are placed about two fingers’ breadth from the Transverse Colon , to which they distribute branches.