Left gastro-omental artery
(Redirected from Left gastroepiploic artery)
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
The left gastro-omental artery (or left gastroepiploic 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.
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.
External links
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery"
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs - "The Splenic Artery"
- Template:SUNYAnatomyImage
- Template:NormanAnatomy