Arteria pancreatica magna

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Celiac trunk

The arteria pancreatica magna ("large pancreatic artery ") is an artery in the abdominal cavity . It arises roughly in the middle of the splenic artery ( arteria splenica ) and pulls into the body of this organ on the back surface of the pancreas . There it branches and anastomoses in the area of ​​the tail of the pancreas with the inferior pancreatic artery .

literature

  • Theodor H. Schiebler, Walter Schmidt, Karl Zilles: Anatomie. Cytology, histology, history of development, macroscopic and microscopic human anatomy. 7th, corrected edition. Springer, Berlin et al. 1997, ISBN 3-540-61856-2 .
  • Wolfgang Dauber: Feneis' picture lexicon of anatomy. 9th, completely revised edition. Georg Thieme, Stuttgart et al. 2004, ISBN 3-13-330109-8 .