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splenic artery (lienal artery)
Origin: celiac trunk
Branches:
1) pancreatic artery
2) left gastroepiploic artery
3) short gastric artery
Distribution: head & body of pancreas
Anastomosis: superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: splenic artery (lienal artery)
ORIGIN: celiac artery (trunk)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium