Short gastric arteries

Short gastric arteries

The celiac artery and its branches; the stomach has been raised and the peritoneum removed. (Short gastric visible at center right.)
Details
Source splenic artery
Supplies Greater curvature of the stomach
Identifiers
Latin arteriae gastricae breves
Dorlands
/Elsevier
a_61/12154318
TA A12.2.12.050
FMA 70808

Anatomical terminology

The short gastric arteries consist of from five to seven small branches, which arise from the end of the splenic artery, and from its terminal divisions.

They pass from left to right, between the layers of the gastrolienal ligament, and are distributed to the greater curvature of the stomach, anastomosing with branches of the left gastric and left gastroepiploic arteries.

Unlike the gastroepiploics and the left and right gastric arteries, the short gastric arteries have poor anastomoses if the splenic artery is blocked.

References

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

  1. Essential Clinical Anatomy. K.L. Moore & A.M. Agur. Lippincott, 2 ed. 2002. Page 150


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