Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

The inferior pancreaticoduodenalis artery ("lower pancreatic duodenal artery") - referred to in animals as the caudal pancreaticoduodenal artery ("rear pancreatic duodenal artery") - is an artery of the abdominal cavity .

The inferior pancreaticoduodenalis artery arises from the superior intestinal artery ( arteria mesenterica superior ) at the level of the lower section of the small intestine and runs to the head of the pancreas and the duodenum . There it anastomoses with the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery . It supplies the head of the pancreas and the descending leg of the duodenum.

literature

• 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.