Gastric Vasculature - Exam 2

Question 1

portal triad

Answer 1

hepatic artery proper
hepatic portal vein
bile duct

Question 2

celiac trunk

Answer 2

branch off aorta, 3 branches (splenic artery, common hepatic artery, left gastric artery)

Question 3

splenic artery

Answer 3

largest branch of celiac trunk, tortuous to spleen

Question 4

common hepatic artery

Answer 4

comes off celiac trunk, becomes hepatic artery proper and enters liver through portal triad
right and left gastric artery

Question 5

right gastric artery

Answer 5

branches off hepatic artery proper and anastomoses with left gastric artery ay lesser curvature of stomach

Question 6

left gastric artery

Answer 6

smallest branch of celiac trunk, serves lesser curvature of stomach
anastomoses with right gastric artery (branch of hepatic artery proper)

Question 7

superior mesenteric artery

Answer 7

branches from aorta, serves SI and portions of LI (ascending and part of transverse)

Question 8

inferior mesenteric artery

Answer 8

branches from aorta, serves transverse and descending portions of LI and rectum

Question 9

superior mesenteric vein

Answer 9

receives blood from most of digestive tract and splenic vein, becomes hepatic portal vein after merging with splenic vein

Question 10

inferior mesenteric vein

Answer 10

receives blood from descending and sigmoidal colon, drains into splenic vein before it becomes hepatic portal vein