Left gastroepiploic artery

The left gastroepiploic artery (or left gastro-omental 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 (a branch of the right gastro-duodenal artery originating from the hepatic branch of the coeliac trunk).

Left gastroepiploic artery
The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. (Left gastroepiploic artery visible at lower right.)
Right and left gastroomental is at #4.
Details
Source	Splenic artery
Vein	Left gastroepiploic vein
Supplies	Greater curvature of the stomach
Identifiers
Latin	arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra
TA98	A12.2.12.047
TA2	4248
FMA	14796
Anatomical terminology

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

Blood supply to the stomach: left and right gastric artery, left and right gastro-omental artery and short gastric artery.

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  Branches of the celiac artery.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 606 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• Anatomy photo:38:02-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery"
• Anatomy photo:38:05-0103 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The Splenic Artery"
• Anatomy image:8215 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)