Question 45 · LEK · Intestinal ischemia
The arc of Riolan is an arterioarterial anastomosis between:
- A. middle colic artery and the left colic artery.
- B. superior mesenteric artery and internal iliac arteries.
- C. left colic artery and the inferior mesenteric artery.
- D. inferior mesenteric artery and iliac arteries.
- E. iliac arteries and the right colic artery.
Hint
This collateral connects the territories of the two mesenteric arteries close to the root of the transverse mesocolon.
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