302 THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM. 
Branches of the cceliac artery: 
1. A. hepatica (¢).—The hepatic artery passes cranioven- 
trad, pierces the descending limb of the great omentum and 
passes craniad to the liver, lying, together with the portal vein 
and common bile-duct, in the ventral boundary of the foramen 
Fic. 125.—THE Ca@iiac ARTERY AND ITS BRANCHES. 
@, abdominal aorta; 4, A. cceliaca; ¢, A. mesenterica superior (cut); ¢, A. he- 
patica (cut); ¢, A. gastrica sinistra; 7, A. lienalis; g, A. gastroduodenalis (cut from 
A. hepatica); 4, A. pylorica; ¢, A. gastroepiploica dextra; 7, A. pancreaticoduode- 
nalis superior; 2, A. pancreaticoduodenalis inferior (cut from inferior mesenteric); 
2, A. ventriculi dorsalis. 1, spleen; 2, stomach; 3, duodenum; 4, pancreas. 
epiploicum (foramen of Winslow) and contained, together with 
the last-named vessels, in a fibrous sheath called the capsule 
of Glisson. Just before entering the sheath it gives off the 
gastroduodenalis (g). At its termination the hepatic artery 
divides, sending branches to the lobes of the liver and a cystic 
artery to the gall-bladder. 
a. A. gastroduodenalis (¢).—This arises from the hepatic 
near the pylorus and passes caudad, dividing one or two centi- 
meters from its origin into three branches, A. pylorica (A), 
A. pancreaticoduodenalis superior (7), and A. gastroepiploice 
dextra (¢). The pylorica (%) (which may arise directly from 
the hepatic) passes to the pylorus, thence along the lesser cur: 
