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.)
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Details
SourceSplenic artery
VeinLeft gastroepiploic vein
SuppliesGreater curvature of the stomach
Identifiers
LatinArteria gastroomentalis sinistra,
arteria gastroepiploica sinistra
TAA12.2.12.047
FMA14796
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.[1]
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References

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

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


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