Left gastroepiploic artery

Left gastroepiploic artery
Greater curvature of the stomach
Identifiers
Latin	arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra
TA98	A12.2.12.047
TA2	4248
FMA	14796
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata ]

The left gastroepiploic artery (or left gastro-omental artery), the largest branch of the

(a branch of the right gastro-duodenal artery originating from the hepatic branch of the coeliac trunk).

In its course it distributes:

• "Gastric branches": several ascending branches to both surfaces of the stomach;
• "Omental branches": descend to supply the
  middle colic
  .

Additional images

short gastric artery.^[1]

• 
  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)