part of part of connecting branch of vessel supplies blood to Homo sapiens system caecum vermiform appendix superior mesenteric artery ileocolic artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Gray536.png arteria ileocolica UBERON:0001197 galen:IleocolicArtery SCTID:244279000 EMAPA:37083 Wikipedia:Ileocolic_artery FMA:14815 The Ileocolic Artery is the lowest branch arising from the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery. It passes downward and to the right behind the peritoneum toward the right iliac fossa, where it divides into a superior and an inferior branch; the inferior anastomoses with the end of the superior mesenteric artery, the superior with the right colic artery. Supplies the cecum, ileum, and appendix. [WP,unvetted]. UMLS:C0226323 NCIT:C32760 MA:0001970 artery ileum