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  2. Superior rectal artery - Wikipedia

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    The superior rectal artery is the continuation of the inferior mesenteric artery. It descends into the pelvis between the layers of the mesentery of the sigmoid colon, crossing the left common iliac artery and vein. It divides, opposite the third sacral vertebra into two branches, which descend one on either side of the rectum.

  3. Inferior mesenteric artery - Wikipedia

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    The IMA arises from the anterior aspect of the abdominal aorta. [2] [3]Its origin is situated at the L3 vertebral level, [2] [3] below the origins of the two renal arteries, [3] 3-4 cm above the aortic bifurcation, [3] [2] at the level of the umbilicus, and posterior to the inferior border of the horizontal (III) part of the duodenum.

  4. Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization - Wikipedia

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    THD [3] uses a specially developed anoscope combined with a Doppler transducer to identify the hemorrhoidal arteries (originating from the superior rectal artery) 2–3 cm above the pectinate line. Once the superior rectal arteries are identified through the Doppler, a suture ligation is performed to effectively decrease the blood flow to the ...

  5. Hemorrhoidal artery embolization - Wikipedia

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    Hemorrhoidal artery embolization (HAE, or hemorrhoid artery embolization) is a non-surgical treatment of internal hemorrhoids. [ 1 ] The procedure involves blocking the abnormal blood flow to the rectal (hemorrhoidal) arteries using microcoils and/or microparticles to decrease the size of the hemorrhoids and improve hemorrhoid related symptoms ...

  6. Sigmoid arteries - Wikipedia

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    The sigmoid arteries are 2–5 branches of the inferior mesenteric artery that are distributed to the distal ... and with the superior rectal artery inferiorly. [2 ...

  7. Rectum - Wikipedia

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    The superior rectal artery is a single artery that is a continuation of the inferior mesenteric artery, when it crosses the pelvic brim. [8] It enters the mesorectum at the level of S3, and then splits into two branches, which run at the lateral back part of the rectum, and then the sides of the rectum.

  8. Ischemic colitis - Wikipedia

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    Blue - supply from inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) and its branches: left colic, sigmoid, superior rectal artery. 7 is for so-called Cannon-Böhm point (the border between the areas of SMA and IMA supplies), which lies at the splenic flexure. The colon receives blood from both the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries.

  9. Pectinate line - Wikipedia

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    Artery: superior rectal artery: middle and inferior rectal arteries Vein: superior rectal vein draining into the inferior mesenteric vein and subsequently the hepatic portal system: middle and inferior rectal veins Hemorrhoids classification: internal hemorrhoids (not painful) external hemorrhoids (painful) Nerves: inferior hypogastric plexus ...