| Artery: Left gastro-omental artery | |
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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. (Left gastroepiploic artery visible at lower right.) | |
| Right and left gastroomental is at #4. | |
| Latin | arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra |
| Gray's | subject #154 606 |
| Supplies | greater curvature of the stomach |
| Source | splenic artery |
| Vein | left gastro-omental vein |
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:
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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