Common hepatic artery
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The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.[1]
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Common hepatic artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Celiac artery |
Branches | Hepatic artery proper gastroduodenal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria hepatica communis |
MeSH | D006499 |
TA98 | A12.2.12.015 |
TA2 | 4214 |
FMA | 14771 |
Anatomical terminology |
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It arises from the celiac artery[2] and has the following branches:[3]
Branch | Details |
hepatic artery proper | supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries |
gastroduodenal artery | branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery |
right gastric artery | branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly |