Middle colic artery

Looks like

A branch of the superior mesenteric artery running forward in the transverse mesocolon.

What it does

Supplies the transverse colon.

Keeping it well

Tied off in surgery for transverse colon cancer; injury in pancreatic surgery threatens the colon.

Related conditions

• Acute mesenteric ischaemia (gut stroke)
• Aortic aneurysm
• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)