Right gastric artery
| Right gastric artery | |
|---|---|
 The celiac artery and its branches; the stomach has been raised and the peritoneum removed. (Right gastric artery visible at center left.) | |
 Right gastric artery is at #2 -- the lower of the two arrows. | |
| Details | |
| Source | Proper hepatic artery |
| Vein | Right gastric vein |
| Supplies | Stomach |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Arteria gastrica dextra |
| Dorlands /Elsevier | a_61/12154326 |
| TA | A12.2.12.028 |
| FMA | 14776 |
The right gastric artery (pyloric artery) arises above the pylorus from the proper hepatic artery or less frequently from the common hepatic artery, descends to the pyloric end of the stomach, and passes from right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and anastomosing with the left gastric artery.
Additional images
Blood supply to the stomach: left and right gastric artery, left and right gastro-omental artery and short gastric artery.[1]
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The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed.
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Right gastric artery
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
- ↑ Essential Clinical Anatomy. K.L. Moore & A.M. Agur. Lippincott, 2 ed. 2002. Page 150
External links
- Anatomy photo:38:01-0102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastric Artery"
- Anatomy image:7886 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Anatomy image:7898 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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