KROK 1 2019 – Question 22 · 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. Splenic artery
- B. Middle colic artery
- C. Celiac trunk
- D. Inferior mesenteric artery
- E. Superior mesenteric artery
Hint
Divide the colon into its midgut and hindgut parts and ask which unpaired aortic branch supplies the part that lies on the left side, beyond the left flexure.
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