KROK 1 2018 – Question 144 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
An oncology patient is to undergo a surgery on the descending colon. Name the main source of blood supply to this organ:
- A. Inferior mesenteric artery
- B. Celiac trunk
- C. Middle colic artery
- D. Splenic artery
- E. Superior mesenteric artery
Hint
Place the descending colon within its embryonic gut segment and ask which unpaired branch of the abdominal aorta supplies that segment.
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