Anterior cecal artery

Looks like

A small branch of the ileocolic artery to the front of the caecum.

What it does

Supplies the front wall of the caecum.

Keeping it well

Rarely a problem; divided in right-sided bowel surgery.

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)