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Artery: Right gastric artery

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.
Latin	arteria gastrica dextra
Gray's	subject #154 604
Supplies	stomach
Source	common hepatic artery
Drain	right gastric vein

The right gastric artery (pyloric artery) arises from the common hepatic artery, above the pylorus, descends to the pyloric end of the stomach, and passes from right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and anastomosing with the left gastric artery.

Additional images

Blood supply to the stomach: left and right gastric artery, left and right gastro-omental artery and short gastric artery.^[1]

The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed.

References

^ Essential Clinical Anatomy. K.L. Moore & A.M. Agur. Lippincott, 2 ed. 2002. Page 150

External links

Right+gastric+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
SUNY Labs 38:01-0102 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastric Artery"
SUNY Anatomy Image 7886
SUNY Anatomy Image 7898
celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained herein may be outdated.

List of arteries of torso – abdomen

celiac

left gastric	esophageal branches

splenic	pancreatic branches (greater, dorsal) · short gastric · left gastro-omental

common hepatic	proper hepatic (cystic) · right gastric · gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal, supraduodenal)

SMA

inferior pancreaticoduodenal · intestinal (jejunal, ileal, arcades, vasa recta) · ileocolic (colic, anterior cecal, posterior cecal, ileal branch, appendicular) · right colic · middle colic

IMA

left colic · sigmoid · superior rectal · marginal

Posterior

visceral

middle suprarenal · renal (inferior suprarenal, ureteral) · gonadal (testicular ♂ / ovarian ♀)

parietal

inferior phrenic (superior suprarenal) · lumbar · median sacral

terminal/
common iliac

IIA

EIA

inferior epigastric (cremasteric, round ligament) · deep circumflex iliac · femoral

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