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

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

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