Common hepatic artery
The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Common hepatic artery | |
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![]() Branches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (Hepatic artery is visible at upper left.) | |
![]() 3D-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in center | |
Details | |
Source | celiac artery |
Branches | hepatic artery proper gastroduodenal artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria hepatica communis |
MeSH | D006499 |
TA | A12.2.12.015 |
FMA | 14771 |
Anatomical terminology |
It arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches:
Branch | Details |
hepatic artery proper | supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries |
gastroduodenal artery | branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery |
right gastric artery | branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly |
Additional images
- Common hepatic artery and its branches including hepatic artery proper and right gastric artery (pyloric artery)
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External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Livers. |
- Anatomy photo:38:03-0204 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal ligament"
- celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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