A small blood vessel in the abdomen that supplies blood directly to the pylorus (distal part of the stomach) and proximal part of the duodenum, and indirectly to the pancreatic head (via the anterior and posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries). [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastroduodenal_artery ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- galen:GastroduodenalArtery
- Wikipedia:Gastroduodenal_artery
- EHDAA:8574
- SCTID:244269002
- FMA:14775
- EHDAA2:0000310
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human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- artery
- develops from some common hepatic artery
- part of some system
- connecting branch of some common hepatic artery