What are the vessels involved in supplying and draining blood from small large intestines?

Arterial Supply

Celiac Trunk: Arises from the abdominal aorta and supplies blood to the foregut derivatives (foregut gives rise to the esophagus, stomach, proximal duodenum, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas).

Superior Mesenteric Artery: Arises from the abdominal aorta and supplies blood to the midgut derivatives (midgut gives rise to the rest of the small intestine, proximal half of the transverse colon, and cecum).

Inferior Mesenteric Artery: Arises from the abdominal aorta and supplies blood to the hindgut derivatives (hindgut gives rise to the descending colon, sigmoid colon, rectum, and upper part of anal canal).

Venous Drainage

Celiac Trunk Drainage into Hepatic Portal Vein:

- Left gastric vein

- Right gastric vein

- Short gastric veins

- Gastroepiploic vein

- Pancreaticoduodenal vein

- Inferior mesenteric vein

Superior Mesenteric Artery Drainage into Hepatic Portal Vein:

- Superior mesenteric vein

- Right colic vein

- Middle colic vein

- Left colic vein

- Ileocolic vein

Inferior Mesenteric Artery Drainage into Hepatic Portal Vein:

- Inferior mesenteric vein

- Left colic vein

- Superior rectal vein

- Middle rectal vein

- Inferior rectal vein

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