Left gastro-omental artery

Artery: Left gastro-omental artery
The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. (Left gastroepiploic artery visible at lower right.)
Right and left gastroomental is at #4.
Latin	arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, arteria gastroepiploica sinistra
Gray's	subject #154 606
Supplies	greater curvature of the stomach
Source	splenic artery
Vein	left gastro-omental vein

The left gastro-omental artery (or left gastroepiploic artery), the largest branch of the splenic artery, runs from left to right about a finger’s breadth or more from the greater curvature of the stomach, between the layers of the greater omentum, and anastomoses with the right gastroepiploic.

In its course it distributes:

• "Gastric branches": several ascending branches to both surfaces of the stomach;
• "Omental branches": descend to supply the greater omentum and anastomose with branches of the middle colic.

Additional images

Blood supply to the stomach: left and right gastric artery, left and right gastro-omental artery and short gastric artery.

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  Branches of the celiac artery.

External links

• SUNY Labs 38:02-0103 - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastroepiploic Artery"
• SUNY Labs 38:05-0103 - "The Splenic Artery"
• SUNY Anatomy Image 8215
• celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.