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ANGIOLOGY 



portal vein and hepatic ducts. The hepatic artery, in its course along the right 

 border of the lesser omentum, is in relation with the common bile-duct and portal 

 vein, the duct lying to the right of the artery, and the vein behind. 

 Its branches are: 



Right Gastric. 



Gastroduodenal / Ri ^ ht Gastroepiploic. 



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(. bupenor rancreaticoduodenal. 

 Cystic. 





Cystic artery 



FIG. 532. The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lessee omentum and anterior 



layer of the greater omentum removed. 



The right gastric artery (a. gastrica dextra; pyloric artery) arises from the hepatic, 

 above the pylorus, descends to the pyloric end of the stomach, and passes from 

 right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and anastomosing 

 with the left gastric artery. 



The gastroduodenal artery (a. gastroduodenalis) (Fig. 533) is a short but large 

 branch, which descends, near the pylorus, between the superior part of the duo- 

 denum and the neck of the pancreas, and divides at the lower border of the duodenum 

 into two branches, the right gastroepiploic and the superior pancreaticoduodenal. 

 Previous to its division it gives off two or three small branches to the pyloric end 

 of the stomach and to the pancreas. 



The right gastroepiploic artery (a. gastroepiploica dextra) runs from right to left 

 along the f greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater 

 omentum, anastomosing with the left gastroepiploic branch of the lienal artery. 

 Except at the pylorus, where it is in contact with the stomach, it lies about a finger's 



