Cardiovascular system
Gastroduodenal artery
Arteria gastroduodenalis
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Common hepatic artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
In anatomy, the gastroduodenal artery is a small blood vessel in the abdomen.
It supplies blood directly to the pylorus (distal part of the stomach) and proximal part of the duodenum.
It also indirectly supplies the pancreatic head (via the anterior and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries).
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria gastroduodenalis
- English
- Gastroduodenal artery
- French
- Artère gastroduodénale
- Spanish
- Arteria gastroduodenal
- Portuguese
- Artéria gastroduodenal