Common hepatic artery
| Common hepatic artery | |
|---|---|
 Branches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (Hepatic artery is visible at upper left.) | |
 3D-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in center | |
| Details | |
| Source | celiac artery |
| Branches |
hepatic artery proper gastroduodenal artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria hepatica communis |
| MeSH | D006499 |
| TA | A12.2.12.015 |
| FMA | 14771 |
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Anatomical terminology | |
The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas.
It arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches:
| 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 |
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Common hepatic artery
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Livers. |
- Anatomy photo:38:03-0204 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal ligament"
- celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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