posterior branch of inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

pos·te·ri·or branch of in·fe·ri·or pan·cre·at·i·co·du·o·de·nal ar·ter·y

[TA] the more dorsal of the two branches into which the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery bifurcates; supplies uncinate process and head of pancreas, as well as the third and fourth parts of the duodenum; anastomoses with the posterior branch of the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery. Synonym(s): ramus posterior arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis inferioris [TA]