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left gastroepiploic (gastroomental) artery
Origin: splenic artery
Distribution:
1) stomach along greater curvature
2) greater omentum
Anastomoses:
1) right gastroepiploic artery
2) short gastric arteries
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: left gastroepiploic (gastroomental) 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