Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
The celiac artery and its branches; the stomach has been raised and the peritoneum removed. (Inf. pan. duo. a. visible at lower left.)
Inferior pancreaticoduodenal is at #12.
Details
Source	superior mesenteric artery
Vein	Pancreaticoduodenal veins
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae pancreaticoduodenales inferiores
TA	A12.2.12.054
FMA	14805
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery branches from the superior mesenteric artery or from its first intestinal branch, opposite the upper border of the inferior part of the duodenum.

The inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery. As soon as it branches, it divides into anterior and posterior branches. These run between the head of the pancreas and the lesser curvature of the duodenum. They then join (anastomose) with the anterior and posterior branches of the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery.^[1]

It distributes branches to the head of the pancreas and to the descending and inferior parts of the duodenum.^[1]

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

1. Drake, Richard L.; Vogl, Wayne; Tibbitts, Adam W.M. Mitchell; illustrations by Richard; Richardson, Paul (2005). Gray's anatomy for students. Philadelphia: Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-8089-2306-0.

External links

• pancreas at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)