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12 The arteries of the abdomen

Inferior phrenic
Coeliac
Superior Suprarenal
mesenteric Renal
Ureteric branch

Lumbar
Inferior
mesenteric
Gonadal Cystic
Right and left hepatic
Right gastric
Median sacral Left gastric
Oesophageal
Fig.12.1 branches
The abdominal aorta and its branches. Short gastric
Red labels: ventral branches
Common hepatic Spleen
Blue labels: lateral branches Splenic
Green labels: branches to body wall Gastroduodenal
Superior Pancreatic
pancreatico- branches
duodenal
Left
Right gastroepiploic
gastro-
epiploic
Omental branch
Inferior
pancreatico-
duodenal Jejunal and
Superior ileal branches
Superior mesenteric
pancreaticoduodenal artery

Inferior Fig.12.2
pancreaticoduodenal The coeliac artery and its branches.
Superior The three primary branches are labelled in red
mesenteric

Middle colic
Jejunal and
ileal branches

Right colic
Ileocolic
Anterior and posterior
caecal branches

Fig.12.3 Appendicular
The superior mesenteric artery and its branches

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