The right gastric artery arises, in most cases (53% of cases), from the

proper hepatic artery The hepatic artery proper (also proper hepatic artery) is the artery that supplies the liver and gallbladder. It raises from the common hepatic artery, a branch of the celiac artery. Structure The hepatic artery proper arises from the common h ...

, descends to the pyloric end of the

stomach The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach has a dilated structure and functions as a vital organ in the digestive system. The stomach i ...

, and passes from right to left along its

lesser 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 ...

, supplying it with branches, and anastomosing with the

left gastric artery In human anatomy, the left gastric artery arises from the celiac artery and runs along the superior portion of the lesser curvature of the stomach. Branches also supply the lower esophagus. The left gastric artery anastomoses with the right gas ...

. It can also arise from the region of division of the

common hepatic artery The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder. It arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches: Additional images ...

(20% of cases), the left branch of the hepatic artery (15% of cases), the

gastroduodenal artery 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 anteri ...

(8% of cases), and most rarely, the common hepatic artery itself (4% of cases).

Additional images

File:Gray532.png, The

celiac artery The celiac () artery (also spelled ''coeliac''), also known as the celiac trunk or truncus coeliacus, is the first major branch of the abdominal aorta. It is about 1.25 cm in length. Branching from the aorta at thoracic vertebra 12 (T12) in ...

and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. File:Slide14fff.JPG, Right gastric artery

References

External links

* - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastric Artery" * * * Arteries of the abdomen Stomach {{circulatory-stub