KROK 1 2008 – Question 5 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
In course of laparotomy a surgeon revealed gangrenous lesion of descending colon. It was caused by thrombosis of the following artery:
- A. Dexter colic
- B. Median colic
- C. Ileocolic
- D. Sinister colic
- E. Superior mesenteric artery
Hint
Think about which arterial system, superior or inferior mesenteric, feeds the descending colon, and which of its colic branches supplies that segment.
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