| Artery: Right 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. (Right gastroepiploic artery visible at lower left.) | |
| Right and left gastroomental is at #4. | |
| Latin | arteria gastro-omentalis dextra, arteria gastroepiploica dextra |
| Gray's | subject #154 604 |
| Source | gastroduodenal artery |
| Vein | right gastro-omental vein |
The right gastro-omental artery (or right gastroepiploic artery) is one of the two terminal branches of the gastroduodenal artery. It runs from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, anastomosing with the left gastroepiploic branch of the splenic artery.
Except at the pylorus where it is in contact with the stomach, it lies about a finger's breadth from the greater curvature.
This vessel gives off numerous branches:
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 As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
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