Blood Supply Flashcards
Celiac Artery
Foregut Organs (Esophagus, Stomach, Liver, Gallbladder, Spleen, Superior Duodenum)
Superior Mesenteric Artery
Midgut Organs (Distal Duodenum, Jejunum, Ileum, Cecum, Appendix, Ascending Colon, Right 2/3 of Transverse Colon)
Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Hindgut Organs (Left 1/3 of Transverse Colon, Descending Colon, Sigmoid Colon, Rectum, Anal Canal up to Penctinate Line)
Superior Rectal Artery - Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Superior 2/3 Anal Canal
Inferior Rectal Artery - Internal Pudendal Artery
Inferior 1/3 Anal Canal
Left Gastric Artery
Lower Esophagus & Upper Left Lesser Curvature of Stomach
- Branch of Celiac Trunk
Right Gastric Artery
Right Lesser Curvature of Stomach
- Branch of Hepatic Artery which is a branch of the Celiac Trunk
Short Gastric Artery
Fundus of Stomach
- Branch of Splenic Artery which branches from Celiac Trunk
Splenic Artery
Spleen
- Branch of Celiac Trunk
Left Gastroepiploic/Gastro-omental Artery
Left Greater Curvature
- Branch of Splenic Artery which branches off Celiac Trunk
Right Gastroepiploic/Gastro-omental Artery
Right Greater Curvature of Stomach
- Branch of Gastroduodenal Artery which branches off Common Hepatic Artery which branches off Celiac Trunk
Proper Hepatic Artery
Liver
- Branch of Common Hepatic Artery which branches off Celiac Trunk
Appendicular Artery - Ileocolic Artery
Appendix
Ileocolic Artery
- Supplies Cecum
- Branch of Superior Mesenteric Artery
Right Colic Artery
- Supplies Ascending Colon
- Branch of Superior Mesenteric Artery
