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Left gastroepiploic artery
Introduction
The left gastro-omental artery (or left gastroepiploic 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.
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.
External links
External links
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs – “Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery”
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs – “The Splenic Artery”
- Template:SUNYAnatomyImage
- Template:NormanAnatomy
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