Blood supply of stomach

The stomach is supplied by many arteries like :

1- short gastric arteries - branches of the splenic artery - supply the fundus of stomach

2-left gastro epiploic artery - branch of the splenic artery - supply the greater curvature of the stomach .

3- left gastric artery which is a direct branch of the coeliac trunk that arises from the aorta . supplies the lesser curvarture.

4- right gastric artery which is a branch of the common hepatic artery - supplies the lesser curvature.

5- right gastro epiploic artery which is a branch of the gastro duodenal artery which is again a branch of the common hepatic artery- supplies the greater curvature

The branches of the COELIAC TRUNK are :

• 1-common hepatic artery
• 2-left gastric artery
• 3-splenic artery

The branches of splenic artery are:

• 1-short gastric branches
• 2-left gastro epiploic artery

The branches of the common hepatic artery are :

• 1-hepatic artery proper
• 2-right gastric artery
• 3-gastroduodenal artery

The branches of the gastroduodenal artery are :

• 1-right gastro epiploic artery
• 2-superior pancreatico duodenal artery

Video :

Details :

This is a short video illustrating the blood supply of the stomach coming from the Celiac trunk " which is the first branch of the Abdominal Aorta" .
3 major branches come from the Celiac Trunk: 1-Left Gastric. 2- Common Hepatic " which gives us the right gastric artery and Gastroduodenal artery- giving us the right gastroepiploic artery. 3- the Splenic " which gives us the left gastroepiploic".

P.S: The INFERIOR PANCREATICO DUODENAL ARTERY is a branch OF THE SUPERIOR MESENTRIC ARTERY .

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