right gastroepiploic artery


right gas·tro·o·men·tal ar·ter·y

[TA] origin, gastroduodenal; distribution, greater curvature and walls of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, frequently unites with left gastroepiploic, and branches from this arch anastomose with branches of right and left gastric. Synonym(s): arteria gastroomentalis dextra [TA], right gastroepiploic artery ☆ , arteria gastroepiploica dextra

right gastroepiploic artery

A terminal branch of the gastroduodenal artery; it runs up along the greater curvature of the stomach from the pyloric region.See also: artery