Question

A 19-year-old man with a ruptured appendix is sent to the emergency department for surgery. To cut off the blood supply to the appendix (if collateral circulation is discounted), a surgeon should ligate which artery?

Answer 1

The appendicular artery.

Step-by-step explanation:

The ileocolic artery divides into the superior and the inferior branch. The inferior branch gives the appendicular artery. The appendicular artery is the one that supplies blood to the appendix, therefore, it is the artery that the surgeon should cut off the blood supply.