6 Blood Supply to Abdominal Organs Flashcards
What are the unpaired branches off the abdominal aorta
Celiac A (T12)
Superior mesenteric A (L1)
Inferior mesenteric A (L3)
What does the celiac trunk supply
Foregut derivatives
What are the foregut derivatives
Liver and bile ducts Distal esophagus Stomach Duodenum - proximal to common bile duct Pancreas
What does the SMA supply
Midgut derivatives
What are the midgut derivatives
Duodenum - distal to common bile duct Jejunum Ileum Cecum Appendix Ascending colon Transverse colon - proximal 2/3
What does the IMA supply
Hindgut derivatives
What are the hindgut derivatives
Transverse colon - distal 1/3
Descending colon
Sigmoid colon
Rectum - proximal 1/3
What level does the abdominal aorta bifurcate
L4
What are the branches off the celiac trunk
Left gastric A
Splenic A
Common hepatic A
What does the L gastric A supply
Distal esophagus and lesser curvature of the stomach
What does the splenic A supply
Spleen
What are the branches off the splenic A
Short gastric A
L gastroepicloic A
What does the short gastric A supply
Fundus
What ligaments is associated with the splenic A
Splenorenal L
What ligament is associated with the short gastric A
Gastrosplenic L
What does the L gastroepicloic A supply
Greater omentum and greater curvature of the stomach
What does the common hepatic A branch into
Proper hepatic A and gastroduodenal A
What ligament is associated with the proper hepatic A
Hepatoduodenal L
What does the right gastric A anastomose with and what do they supply
Left gastric A; distal stomach