Pancreatic branches of splenic artery

Pancreatic branches of splenic artery

Branches of the celiac artery
Details
Source Splenic artery
Identifiers
Latin Rami pancreatici arteriae splenicae
Dorlands
/Elsevier
r_02/12691397
TA A12.2.12.041
FMA 70471

Anatomical terminology

The pancreatic branches or pancreatic arteries are numerous small vessels derived from the splenic artery as it runs behind the upper border of the pancreas, supplying its body and tail.

One of these, larger than the rest, is sometimes given off near the tail of the pancreas; it runs from left to right near the posterior surface of the gland, following the course of the pancreatic duct, and is called the greater pancreatic artery.

These vessels anastomose with the pancreatic branches of the pancreaticoduodenal and superior mesenteric arteries.

Branches

There are four main pancreatic branches of the splenic artery:[1]

References

  1. Casillas, Javier; Levi, Joe U. (2016). Multidisciplinary Teaching Atlas of the Pancreas. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. pp. 63–64.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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