Which is the water shed area of inferior mesenteric artery and internal iliac artery?
Ans. D Sudeck's pointRef: Yamada's Textbook of Gastroenterology, Vol I, P 104* Watershed area: It is the medical term referring to regions of the body that receive dual blood supply from the most distal branches of two large arteries.* Griffith's critical point: A potential watershed area present between superior and inferior mesenteric arterial system. It is located at the splenic flexure.* Sudeck's point: Located at the watershed area between inferior mesenteric artery and internal iliac artery. This point is located near the rectosigmoid junction.
Griffiths point
Sigmoid colon
Ano rectal junction
Sudeck's point
Abdomen & Pelvis