Common hepatic artery
The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.
It arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches:
Branch | Details |
hepatic artery proper | supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries |
gastroduodenal artery | branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery |
right gastric artery | branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly |