The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.[1]
| Common hepatic artery | |
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Branches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (Hepatic artery is visible at upper left.)
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3D-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in center
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| Details | |
| Source | Celiac artery |
| Branches | Hepatic artery proper gastroduodenal artery |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | arteria hepatica communis |
| MeSH | D006499 |
| TA98 | A12.2.12.015 |
| TA2 | 4214 |
| FMA | 14771 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
It arises from the celiac artery[2] and has the following branches:[3]
| Branch | Details |
| hepatic artery proper | supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries |
| gastroduodenal artery | branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery |
| right gastric artery | branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly |
