gastroduodenal artery


gas·tro·du·o·de·nal ar·ter·y

[TA] origin, terminal branch (with hepatic artery proper) of common hepatic; terminal branches, right gastroomental (gastroepiploic), superior pancreaticoduodenal. Synonym(s): arteria gastroduodenalis [TA]

gas·tro·du·o·de·nal ar·te·ry

(gas'trō-dū-ō-dē'năl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, hepatic; terminal branches, right gastroepiploic, superior pancreaticoduodenal.
Synonym(s): arteria gastroduodenalis [TA] .

gastroduodenal artery

A branch of the common hepatic artery; it runs behind the duodenum and branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery.See also: artery