Midgut derivatives are supplied by?
Correct Answer: Superior mesenteric aery
Description: Midgut comprises the poion of the alimentary canal from the end of the foregut at the opening of the bile duct (major duodenal papillae) to the hindgut, about two-thirds of the way through the transverse colon. * superior mesenteric aery, an unpaired ventral branch of abdominal aoa, is the aery of midgut * inferior mesenteric aery, an unpaired ventral branch of abdominal aoa, is the aery of hindgut * celiac trunk, 1st unpaired ventral branch of abdominal aoa immediately below the aoic opening of diaphragm at the level of T12-L1 interveebral disc -aery of foregut - from lower pa of oesophagus to the middle of 2nd pa of duodenum * anastomotic arcade of various aeries - as in duodenum where it is supplied by two rows of vasarecta (Reference : I B Singh's Embryology, 10th edition, pg 185)
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