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* {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|38|02|01|03}} - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery" |
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* {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|38|05|01|03}} - "The Splenic Artery" |
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Revision as of 19:45, 9 November 2006
| Left gastroepiploic 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. (Left gastroepiploic artery visible at lower right.) | |
| File:Celiac a branches.gif Branches of the celiac artery. (Left gastroepiploic artery visible at center right, at right margin of stomach.) | |
| Details | |
| Source | splenic artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra |
| TA98 | A12.2.12.047 |
| TA2 | 4248 |
| FMA | 14796 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
The left gastro-omental artery (or left gastroepiploic artery), the largest branch of the splenic artery, runs from left to right about a finger’s breadth or more from the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, and anastomoses with the right gastroepiploic.
In its course it distributes several ascending branches to both surfaces of the stomach; others descend to supply the greater omentum and anastomose with branches of the middle colic.
External links
- Anatomy photo:38:02-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery"
- Anatomy photo:38:05-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Splenic Artery"
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 606 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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