A 78-year-old man is suffering from ischemia of the suprarenal glands. This condition results from rapid occlusion of direct branches of which of the following arteries?

(A) Aorta, splenic, and inferior phrenic arteries
(B) Renal, splenic, and inferior mesenteric arteries
(C) Aorta, inferior phrenic, and renal arteries
(D) Superior mesenteric, inferior
mesenteric, and renal arteries
(E) Aorta and hepatic and renal arteries


Ans: (C) Aorta, inferior phrenic, and renal arteries

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