Common hepatic artery

Common hepatic artery
Branches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (Hepatic artery is visible at upper left.)
3D-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in center
Details
Source	celiac artery
Branches	hepatic artery proper gastroduodenal artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria hepatica communis
MeSH	D006499
TA	A12.2.12.015
FMA	14771
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas.

It arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches:

Branch	Details
hepatic artery proper	supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries
gastroduodenal artery	branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Right gastric artery	branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Livers.

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  Anatomy photo:38:03-0204 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal ligament"


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  celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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