Left gastroepiploic artery
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The left gastroepiploic artery (or 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 (a branch of the right gastro-duodenal artery originating from the hepatic branch of the coeliac trunk).
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Left gastroepiploic artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Splenic artery |
Vein | Left gastroepiploic vein |
Supplies | Greater curvature of the stomach |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra |
TA98 | A12.2.12.047 |
TA2 | 4248 |
FMA | 14796 |
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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.