Dorsal pancreatic artery

Dorsal pancreatic artery
Branches of the celiac artery.
Details
SourceSplenic artery
SuppliesPancreas
Identifiers
Latinarteria pancreatica dorsalis
TA98A12.2.12.042
TA24241
FMA14787
Anatomical terminology

The dorsal pancreatic artery is a branch of the splenic artery. It anastomoses with the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery and continues as the inferior pancreatic artery on its lower border.[1]

  1. ^ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 221. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0.