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extremity of the oesophagus and lesser curve of the stomach, and 

 anastomoses with the cesophageal arteries and vasa brevia of the 

 splenic artery. 



Fig. 108 * 



The HEPATIC ARTERY curves forwards, and ascends along the right 

 border of the lesser omentum to the liver, where it divides into two 

 branches (right and left), which enter the transverse fissure, and are 

 distributed along the portal canals to the -right and left lobes.f It is 

 in relation in the right border of the lesser omentum, with the ductus 

 communis choledochus and portal vein, and is surrounded by the 



* The abdominal aorta with its branches. 1. The phrenic arteries. 2. The cceliac 

 axis. 3. The gastric artery. 4. The hepatic artery, dividing into the right and left 

 hepatic "branches. 5. The splenic artery, passing outwards to the spleen. 6. The 

 supra-renal artery of the right side. 7. The right renal artery/which is longer than 

 the left, passing outwards to the right kidney. 8. The lumbar arteries. 9. The superior 

 mesenteric artery. 10. The two spermatic arteries. 11. The inferior mesenteric 

 artery. 12. The sacra media. 13. The common iliacs. 14. The internal iliac of th 

 right side. 15. The external iliac artery. '16. The epigastric artery. 17. The cir- 

 cumflexa ilii artery. 18. The femoral artery. 



t For the mode of distribution of the hepatic artery within the liver, see the " Minute 

 Anatomy" of that organ in the Chapter on the Viscera. 



