The Blood supply to the gut Flashcards
What are the 3 unpaired arteries that supply the gut
Coeliac (T12)
superior mesenteric artery (L1)
inferior mesenteric artery (L3)
What supplies the foregut
coeliac trunk (T12)
what supplies the midgut
superior mesenteric artery (L1)
what supplies the handout
inferior mesenteric artery (L3)
What are the other paired abdominal artery
- renal
- gonadal
- lumbar
where does the aortic bifurcation happen
Aortic bifurcation into common iliac happens at L4
what are the 3 arteries that the coeliac trunk split into
- Left gastric
- Splenic
- Common hepatic
describe the left gastric artery
- Left gastric artery course around the inferior curvature of the stomach, it also gives of oesophageal arteries as well
- In terms of the stomach it supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach, it is joined by the right gastric artery
describe the splenic artery
- Goes to the spleen
- Easily identifiable as it is very torturous – blood pressure in this region is high
- Course of the splenic artery goes through the stomach
what does the common hepatic do
gives a supply to the liver
what does the common hepatic split into
splits into the gastroduodenal
splits in the right gastric
describe what the gasproduodenal splits into
- Gastroduodenal gives supraduodenal and superior pancreaticoduodenal
- Gastroduodenal gives rise the right gastroepiploic this gives blood supply to the great curvature
what arises from the splenic artery
the left gastroepiploic comes from the splenic artery
what does the right gastric supply
- The right gastric is the 2nd branch from the common hepatic, supplies lesser curvature and anatomises with the right gastric
what is the continuation of the common hepatic
- Common hepatic carries on as the hepatic artery proper which goes to the liver