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 of the following arteries?
(A) Middle colic artery
(B) Right colic artery
(C) Ileocolic colic artery
(D) Inferior mesenteric artery
(E) Common iliac artery
Ans: (C) Ileocolic colic artery
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