Common hepatic artery

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 gastroduodenal artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria hepatica communis
MeSH	D006499
TA98	A12.2.12.015
TA2	4214
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, pancreas, and gallbladder.^[1]

It arises from the celiac artery^[2] and has the following branches:^[3]

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

Common hepatic artery and its branches including hepatic artery proper and right gastric artery (pyloric artery)

References

^ "Common Hepatic Artery - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics". www.sciencedirect.com. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^ "Common hepatic artery". Kenhub. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
^ D'Souza, Donna. "Common hepatic artery | Radiology Reference Article | Radiopaedia.org". Radiopaedia. Retrieved 2022-03-27.

External links

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)

Arteries of the abdomen and pelvis

Abdominal
aorta

Inferior phrenic

Superior suprarenal

Celiac

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

Superior mesenteric

Inferior pancreaticoduodenal
Intestinal
- jejunal
- ileal
- arcades
- vasa recta
Ileocolic
Right colic
Middle colic
- Marginal

Suprarenal

Middle suprarenal

Renal

Gonadal

Lumbar

Lumbar arteries

Inferior mesenteric

Common iliac

Internal iliac

Posterior surface

Iliolumbar	Lumbar branch Iliac branch

Anterior surface

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