Hepatic_artery
Common hepatic artery
Artery
The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.[1]
It arises from the celiac artery[2] and has the following branches:[3]
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 |