left gastric artery

Origin: celiac artery Branches: 1) left hepatic branch (aberrant variant) 2) esophageal branch Distribution: 1) cardia of stomach at lesser curvature 2) abdominal part of esophagus 3) often part of the left lobe of the liver via an aberrant left hepatic branch Anastomoses: 1) esophageal branch of thoracic aorta 2) right gastric artery

Properties

FORM: left gastric artery ORIGIN: celiac artery (trunk)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium