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Branches of the hepatic artery : 

 Pancreatic or lesser pancreatic. 

 Superior pyloric. 

 Gastro-duodenal : 



Right gastro-epiploic : 



Ascending or gastric branches, 

 Epiploic or omental branches. 

 Superior pancreatico-duodenal. 

 Inferior pyloric. 

 Right terminal branch : 



Cystic artery. 

 Left terminal branch. 



Chief variations. 



Draw the stomach forward and throw the lower border upward on the chest wall ; retain 

 it in this position while the splenic artery and its branches are exposed. 



Splenic artery. 



Branches of the splenic artery : 

 Smaller pancreatic branches. 

 Larger pancreatic branch. 

 Left gastro-epiploic : 



Ascending or gastric branches. 

 Descending epiploic or omental branches. 

 Vasa brevia. 

 Terminal branches. 



Variations in the splenic artery. 



Creliac plexus, 870-1. (850) 

 Splenic plexus. 

 Hepatic plexus: 



Pyloric. Right gastro-epiploic. 

 Pancreatico-duodenal plexus. 

 Cystic plexus. 

 Coronary plexus. 

 The Cceliac glands, 701. (686) 

 Lymphatics of the stomach, 702. (687) 

 Superior gastric. 

 Inferior gastric lymphatics. 

 Left gastric lymphatics. 



Lymphatic glands of the stomach, 702-3. (687) 

 Superior gastric glands. 

 Inferior gastric or gastro-epiploic glands. 

 The splenic vein, 675-6. (662) 

 Tributaries : Vasa brevia. 



Left gastro-epiploic. 

 Pancreatic. 

 Inferior mesenteric. 

 Hepatic glands, 704. (688-9) 

 Portal vein, 673-4 ; Fig. 392. (659-60) 

 Sinus of the portal vein. 

 Right branch. 

 Left branch. 

 Tributaries: 



Pyloric. (Gastric.) Cystic. (Superior mesenteric. Splenic.) 



Draw down the oesophagus and apply a ligature just below the diaphragm. Loosen the ligature at the 

 lower end of the duodenum, introduce the blowpipe and partially innate the duodenum and stomach, 

 then withdraw the blowpipe and renew the ligature. Expose the duodenum and pancreas and study 

 their relations. 



