Appendicular artery

Looks like

A small end artery running in the free edge of the appendix's own mesentery.

What it does

Supplies the appendix, with no backup link.

Keeping it well

Because it is an end artery, an inflamed swollen appendix loses supply and can burst. Pain moving to the lower right belly needs a doctor.

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)