Right gastroepiploic artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Gastroduodenal artery |
Vein | Right gastroepiploic vein |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria gastro-omentalis dextra, arteria gastroepiploica dextra |
TA98 | A12.2.12.022 |
TA2 | 4221 |
FMA | 14781 |
Anatomical terminology |
The right gastroepiploic artery (or right gastro-omental artery) is one of the two terminal branches of the gastroduodenal artery. It runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, anastomosing with the left gastroepiploic artery, a branch of the splenic artery.
Except at the pylorus where it is in contact with the stomach, it lies about a finger's breadth from the greater curvature.