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ARTERIES. 



axis. It passes upwards to the right side, between the layers of the lesser 

 omentum, and in front of the foramen of Wmslow, to the transverse fissure of the 

 liver, where it divides into two branches (right and left), which supply the cor- 

 responding lobes of that organ, accompanying the ramifications of the vena portse 

 and hepatic duct. The hepatic artery, in its course along the right border of the 

 lesser omentum, is in relation with the ductus communis choledochus and portal 

 vein, the former lying to the right of the artery, and the vena portae behind. 

 Its branches are the 



Pyloric. 

 Gastro-duodenalis 



Cystic. 



Gastro-epiploica dextra. 

 Pancreatico-duodenalis. 



Fig. 224. The Cceliac Axis and its Blanches, the Stomach having been raised, and 

 the Transverse Meso-colou removed. 



Gnat 



The pyloric branch 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 inosculating with the gastric artery. 



The gastro-duodenalis is a short but large branch, which descends behind 

 the duodenum, near the pylorus, and divides at the lower border of the stomach 

 into two branches, the gastro-epiploica dextra and the pancreatico-duodenalis. 

 Previous to its division, it gives off two or three small inferior pyloric branches 

 to the pyloric end of the stomach and pancreas. 



The gastro-epiploica dextra runs from right to left along the greater curvature 



