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Can you tell me in the duodenum, are their differences between the ileum and jejunum in re: arrangement of arterial branches?

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Yes: While overlap and redundancy exists in the arterial supply to the gut to minimize ischemic risk, each GI segment at the local level receives much of its blood flow from a specific arrangement of arterial branches.

Answered 10/19/2015

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