Pancreatic branches of splenic artery

Pancreatic branches of splenic artery

Branches of the celiac artery
Details
Latin Rami pancreatici arteriae splenicae
Source
 Splenic artery
Identifiers
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 r_02/12691397
TA A12.2.12.041
FMA 70471
Anatomical terminology

The pancreatic branches are numerous small vessels derived from the splenic artery as it runs behind the upper border of the pancreas, supplying its body and tail.

One of these, larger than the rest, is sometimes given off near the tail of the pancreas; it runs from left to right near the posterior surface of the gland, following the course of the pancreatic duct, and is called the greater pancreatic artery.

These vessels anastomose with the pancreatic branches of the pancreaticoduodenal and superior mesenteric arteries.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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