Left gastric artery

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Branching of the celiac trunk

The artery gastric artery ( "left gastric artery") is an artery of the abdominal cavity in the region of the upper abdomen . It is one of the three main branches of the celiac trunk .

The left gastric artery runs towards the upper portion of the lesser curvature of the stomach . There it anastomoses with the right artery of the same name ( arteria gastrica dextra ) and together with it supplies this area of ​​the stomach wall. It also sends branches to the esophagus ( Rami oesophagei ) and thus participates in the blood supply to the lower part of this organ.

As a variant, it is also involved in supplying the left lobe of the liver in 23% of people .

literature

  • Theodor H. Schiebler, Walter Schmidt, Karl Zilles: Anatomie. Cytology, histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic human anatomy. Taking into account the item catalog. 7th, corrected edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 1997, ISBN 3-540-61856-2 .
  • Uwe Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia. In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 404-463.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ R. Putz, R. Pabst (Ed.): Sobotta Atlas of the human anatomy . 21st edition. tape 2 . Urban & Fischer, Munich, Jena January 2000, p. 170 .