Left Gastroepiploic Artery
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).
| Left gastroepiploic artery | |
|---|---|
 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.) | |
 Right and left gastroomental is at #4. | |
| 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 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
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.
Additional images
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Branches of the celiac artery.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 606 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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"
- Anatomy image:8215 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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