Right gastro-omental artery
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| Artery: Right gastro-omental artery | |
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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. (Right gastroepiploic artery visible at lower left.) | |
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| Right and left gastroomental is at #4. | |
| Latin | arteria gastro-omentalis dextra, arteria gastroepiploica dextra |
| Gray's | subject #154 604 |
| Source | gastroduodenal artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12154368 |
The right gastro-omental artery (or right gastroepiploic artery) runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, anastomosing with the left gastroepiploic branch of the splenic artery.
Except at the pylorus where it is in contact with the stomach, it lies about a finger's breadth from the greater curvature.
This vessel gives off numerous branches:
- "gastric branches": ascend to supply both surfaces of the stomach.
- "omental branches": descend to supply the greater omentum and anastomose with branches of the middle colic.
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 38:01-14 - "Branches of the celiac trunk."
- SUNY Labs 38:02-0101 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery"
- Dictionary at eMedicine right+gastroomental+artery
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