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(2) Splenic branches (Rami lienales), which plunge into the substance of the spleen. 

 {6) Short gastric branches (Aa. gastricae breves), which pass in the gastro-splenic 

 omentum to the greater curvature of the stomach, where they bifurcate and anas- 

 tomose with the branches of the gastric arteries. (4) The left gastro-epiploic 



Small 

 colon 

 (origin) 



Fig. 574. — Plan of Chief Branches of Anterior Mesenteric Artery of Horse. 

 1, Stump of anterior mesenteric sxtevy; 2, stumps of arteries of small intestine; S, lateral csecal artery; 4» 

 medial CEecal artery; 5, ileal artery; &, ventral colic artery; 7, dorsal colic artery; 5, middle colic or first artery of 

 small colon. By an oversight the left ventral colon is erroneously labeled right dorsal (upper left part of figure) . 



artery (A. gastroepiploica sinistra) is the continuation of the splenic artery. It 

 passes to the right in the greater omentum, parallel with the greater curvature of the 

 stomach, and anastomoses with the right gastro-epiploic. It gives off branches 

 to the greater curvature of the stomach and twigs to the omentum. 



