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There are two mesenteric arteries in the human the superior and inferior. Both leave the descending aorta directly nad supply the GI tract. These arteries provide the definition of the the boundaries of the foregut, midgut and hindgut. The superior supplies the midgut and the inferior supplies the hindgut.

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