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short gastric artery
One of 4-5 arteries
Origin: splenic artery
Distribution: stomach on greater curvature
Anastomosis: other gastric arteries
Course:
-> passes through the gastrosplenic ligament to the fundus of the stomach along the greater curvature
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: short gastric 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