Hepatic artery proper

Artery: Hepatic artery proper
The hepatic artery proper branches from the common hepatic artery. (Hepatic artery labeled near center, on path to liver at upper left.)
Inferior surface of the liver. (Entrance for hepatic artery labeled at bottom center.)
Latin	arteria hepatica propria
Gray's	subject #154 603
Source	common hepatic artery

The hepatic artery proper (also proper hepatic artery), arises from the common hepatic artery and runs alongside the portal vein and the common bile duct to form the portal triad. The hepatic artery proper gives off a small supraduodenal artery to the duodenal bulb. Then the right gastric artery comes off and runs to the left along the lesser curvature of the stomach to meet the left gastric artery, which is a branch of the celiac trunk. It subsequently gives off the cystic artery, which feeds the gallbladder, before bifurcating into the right and left hepatic arteries. Of note, the right and left hepatic arteries may demonstrate variant anatomy. A replaced right hepatic artery may arise from the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) and a replaced left hepatic artery may arise from the left gastric artery.

Additional images

The celiac artery and its branches; the stomach has been raised and the peritoneum removed.	The portal vein and its tributaries.	Abdominal portion of the sympathetic trunk, with the celiac and hypogastric plexuses.	Horizontal disposition of the peritoneum in the upper part of the abdomen.
Section across portal canal of pig. X 250.	The pancreatic duct.	Liver and gallbladder

External links

• Proper hepatic artery - Washington Hospital Center.
• Hepatic+artery+proper at eMedicine Dictionary
• SUNY Labs 38:03-0104 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal ligament"
• SUNY Anatomy Image 8329
• celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)