Abdominal Vasculature - Part 3 Flashcards
GDA
Gastroduodenal artery
What does the GDA a branch of?
The common hepatic artery
What does the GDA lie between?
The superior portion of the duodenum and the anterior surface of the
pancreatic head
What does the common hepatic artery branch off of?
The celiac axis
What does the common hepatic artery give rise to?
GDA
What does the common hepatic artery name change to after it gives rise the the GDA?
Proper hepatic artery
Where does the hepatic artery course?
Adjacent to the portal vein
What does the proper hepatic artery bifurcate into? Where?
Bifurcates into the right and left hepatic arteries
At the hepatic hilum
What does the right hepatic artery give rise to?
Cystic artery
What does the cystic artery supply?
GB
What kind of resistance is in the hepatic artery?
Low-resistance blood flow
- with continuous flow through diastole
What is increased flow in the hepatic artery associated with? (3)
- Jaundice
- Cirrhosis, lymphoma
- Metastases
What does the left gastric artery a branch of?
Common hepatic artery
Where does the left gastric artery course?
Toward the left to supply the stomach
Where does the left gastric artery often originate from?
From the splenic artery