Gastroepiploic artery
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Gastroepiploic artery is the name of two different arteries serving the stomach
and greater omentum
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Stomach
The stomach is a muscular, hollow, dilated part of the alimentary canal which functions as an important organ of the digestive tract in some animals, including vertebrates, echinoderms, insects , and molluscs. It is involved in the second phase of digestion, following mastication .The stomach is...
and greater omentum
Greater omentum
The greater omentum is a large fold of parietal peritoneum that hangs down from the stomach...
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- Left gastro-omental arteryLeft gastro-omental arteryThe left gastro-omental 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:*...
, a branch of the splenic arterySplenic arteryIn anatomy, the splenic artery is the blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the spleen. It branches from the celiac artery, and follows a course superior to the pancreas.-Branches:... - Right gastro-omental arteryRight gastro-omental arteryThe right gastro-omental artery is one of the two terminal branches of the gastroduodenal artery. It 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...
, a branch of the gastroduodenal arteryGastroduodenal arteryIn anatomy, the gastroduodenal artery is a small blood vessel in the abdomen.It supplies blood directly to the pylorus and proximal part of the duodenum, and indirectly to the pancreatic head .It most commonly arises from the common hepatic artery of the celiac trunk, but there are...