Sigmoid artery

Looks like

Two to four branches of the inferior mesenteric artery fanning into the S-shaped sigmoid colon.

What it does

Supply the sigmoid colon.

Keeping it well

Divided in sigmoid surgery for diverticulitis or cancer.

Related conditions

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