Inferior mesenteric artery
arteria mesenterica inferior
The parts of the digestive tube derived from the hindgut: from the descending colon (below the left colic flexure) to the proximal rectum. The SMA supplies the part above the flexure; the anastomosis between the two matters in colon resection.

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