Left gastro-omental artery
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| Artery: Left 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. (Left gastroepiploic artery visible at lower right.) | |
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| Right and left gastroomental is at #4. | |
| Latin | arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra |
| Gray's | subject #154 606 |
| Source | splenic artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12154379 |
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:
- "Gastric branches": several ascending branches to both surfaces of the stomach;
- "Omental branches": descend to supply the greater omentum and anastomose with branches of the middle colic.
[edit] Additional images
 Branches of the celiac artery. |
[edit] External links
- SUNY Labs 38:02-0103 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery"
- SUNY Labs 38:05-0103 - "The Splenic Artery"
- SUNY Anatomy Image 8215
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