The right gastric artery usually arises from the proper hepatic artery. It descends to the pyloric end of the stomach before passing from right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and finally anastomosing with the left gastric artery.[1][verification needed]
| Right gastric artery | |
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 The celiac artery and its branches; the stomach has been raised and the peritoneum removed. (Right gastric artery visible at center left.) | |
 Right gastric artery is at #2 -- the lower of the two arrows. | |
| Details | |
| Source | Proper hepatic artery |
| Vein | Right gastric vein |
| Supplies | Stomach |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria gastrica dextra |
| TA98 | A12.2.12.028 |
| TA2 | 4228 |
| FMA | 14776 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
Anatomy
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In most (53%) individuals, the RGA arises from the proper hepatic artery. It can also arise from the region of division of the common hepatic artery (20%), the left branch of the hepatic artery (15%), the gastroduodenal artery (8%), and - most rarely - the common hepatic artery itself (4%).[1]
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The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. -
Right gastric artery
References
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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 604 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
edit- Anatomy photo:38:01-0102 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastric Artery"
- Anatomy image:7886 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Anatomy image:7898 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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