Common hepatic artery

Common hepatic artery
Branches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (Hepatic artery is visible at upper left.)
3D-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in center
Details
Source	celiac artery
Branches	hepatic artery proper Right gastric artery gastroduodenal artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria hepatica communis
TA	A12.2.12.015
FMA	14771
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum and pancreas.

It arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches:

Branch	Details
hepatic artery proper	supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries
gastroduodenal artery	branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
Right gastric artery	branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly

Additional images

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Anatomy photo:38:03-0204 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal ligament"
celiactrunk at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

Left gastric	Esophageal branches

Common hepatic	Proper hepatic cystic Right gastric Gastroduodenal right gastroepiploic superior pancreaticoduodenal supraduodenal

Splenic	Pancreatic branches greater dorsal Short gastrics Left gastroepiploic

Posterior trunk

Iliolumbar	Lumbar branch Iliac branch

Lateral sacral	superior branch inferior branch

Superior gluteal	superficial branch deep branch

Anterior trunk

Superior vesical artery	Umbilical artery Medial umbilical ligament to ductus deferens

Obturator	Anterior branch Pubic branch Posterior branch Acetabular branch Cruciate anastomosis Corona mortis

Middle rectal	Vaginal branch ♀ / Prostatic branch ♂

Uterine ♀	Arcuate Vaginal branches Ovarian branches Tubal branches Spiral

Vaginal ♀ / Inferior vesical ♂

Inferior gluteal	Accompanying of sciatic nerve Cruciate anastomosis

Internal pudendal	Inferior rectal Perineal posterior scrotal posterior labial Bulb of penis/vestibule Urethral Deep artery of the penis helicine Deep artery of clitoris Dorsal of the penis Dorsal of the clitoris

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