Left gastric artery

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Celiac trunk

The arteria gastroomentalis left ("left gastric network artery", also A. gastroepiploica left ) is an artery of the abdominal cavity . It arises from the splenic artery ( Arteria splenica ) and runs from left to right in the region of the attachment of the large network along the large curvature of the stomach . There it anastomoses with the right artery of the same name ( Arteria gastroomentalis dextra ), which arises from the Arteria gastroduodenalis .

The gastric branches ( Rami gastrici ) of the left gastroomentalis artery supply the stomach wall in the area of ​​the great curvature, the network branches ( Rami omentales ) the great network.

literature

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