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Greater Curvature
The curvatures of the stomach refer to the greater and lesser curvatures. The greater curvature of the stomach is four or five times as long as the lesser curvature. Greater curvature The greater curvature of the stomach forms the lower left or lateral border of the stomach. Surface Starting from the cardiac orifice at the incisura cardiaca, it forms an arch backward, upward, and to the left; the highest point of the convexity is on a level with the sixth left costal cartilage. From this level it may be followed downward and forward, with a slight convexity to the left as low as the cartilage of the ninth rib; it then turns to the right, to the end of the pylorus. Directly opposite the incisura angularis of the lesser curvature the greater curvature presents a dilatation, which is the left extremity of the pyloric part; this dilatation is limited on the right by a slight groove, the sulcus intermedius, which is about 2.5 cm, from the duodenopyloric constriction. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Gastric Arteries
The short gastric arteries consist of from five to seven small branches, which arise from the end of the splenic artery, and from its terminal divisions. They pass from left to right, between the layers of the gastrolienal ligament, and are distributed to the greater curvature of the stomach, anastomosing with branches of the left gastric and left gastroepiploic artery, left gastroepiploic arteries. Unlike the gastroepiploics and the left and right gastric arteries, the short gastric arteries have poor anastomoses if the splenic artery is blocked. Structure The short gastric arteries arise from the splenic artery. They run along part of the Curvatures of the stomach, greater curvature of the stomach. Function The short gastric arteries supply the Stomach, fundus of the stomach on the side of the Curvatures of the stomach, greater curvature of the stomach. References External links * {{Authority control Arteries of the abdomen Stomach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
