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greater pancreatic artery
Origin: splenic artery
Distribution: tail of pancreas
Anastomoses:
1) inferior pancreatic artery
2) arteries of pancreatic tail
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: greater pancreatic artery
ORIGIN: splenic artery (lienal artery)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium