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Right gastric artery
Introduction
The right gastric artery (pyloric artery) arises from the hepatic, above the pylorus, descends to the pyloric end of the stomach, and passes from right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and anastomosing with the left gastric artery.
Additional images
Additional images
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The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed.
External links
External links
- Template:EMedicineDictionary
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs – “Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastric Artery”
- Template:SUNYAnatomyImage
- Template:SUNYAnatomyImage
- Template:NormanAnatomy
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]