The right gastric artery usually arises from the proper hepatic artery. It descends to the pyloric end of the

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before passing from right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and finally anastomosing with the left gastric artery.

Anatomy

Variation

Origin In most (53%) individuals, the RGA arises from the proper hepatic artery. It can also arise from the region of division of the common hepatic artery (20%), the left branch of the hepatic artery (15%), the gastroduodenal artery (8%), and - most rarely - the common hepatic artery itself (4%).

Additional images

File:Gray532.png, The celiac artery and its branches; the liver has been raised, and the lesser omentum and anterior layer of the greater omentum removed. File:Slide14fff.JPG, Right gastric artery

References

External links

* - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: The Right and Left Gastric Artery" * * * Arteries of the abdomen Stomach {{circulatory-stub