Human Reference Atlas

Last uploaded: June 14, 2024
Preferred Name

sigmoid artery
Synonyms

inferior left colic artery

Definitions

The sigmoid arteries, two or three in number, run obliquely downward and to the left behind the peritoneum and in front of the Psoas major, ureter, and internal spermatic vessels. Their branches supply the lower part of the descending colon, the iliac colon, and the sigmoid or pelvic colon; anastomosing above with the left colic, and below with the superior hemorrhoidal artery.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0035180

altLabel

inferior left colic artery

ccf_is_provisional

false

ccf_part_of

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001183

ccf_pref_label

sigmoid artery

connected to

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001183

definition

The sigmoid arteries, two or three in number, run obliquely downward and to the left behind the peritoneum and in front of the Psoas major, ureter, and internal spermatic vessels. Their branches supply the lower part of the descending colon, the iliac colon, and the sigmoid or pelvic colon; anastomosing above with the left colic, and below with the superior hemorrhoidal artery.

depiction

https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_F_Blood_Vasculature.glb

https://ccf-ontology.hubmapconsortium.org/objects/v1.2/VH_M_Blood_Vasculature.glb

has exact synonym

inferior left colic artery

has part

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000071

has_obo_namespace

uberon

id

UBERON:0035180

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas

isDefinedBy

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl

label

sigmoid artery

notation

UBERON:0035180

overlaps

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000071

prefLabel

sigmoid artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

xRef

FMA:14830

Wikipedia:Sigmoid_arteries

UMLS:C0226330

NCIT:C33549

SCTID:265956005

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001637

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