Posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery at a glance
- What it is
- A branch of the gastroduodenal artery supplying the pancreatic head and duodenum.
- Location
- It arises from the gastroduodenal artery, descends behind the pancreatic head and anastomoses with the posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery.
- Function
- It supplies the head of the pancreas and the duodenum.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · single, midline structure
- FMA ID
- FMA14784 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Structures next to the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery · cardiovascular
- Common hepatic duct · digestive
- Pancreas · digestive
- Renal artery · cardiovascular
- Pancreatic duct · digestive
- Duodenum · digestive
- Abdominal aorta · cardiovascular
- Posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery · cardiovascular
- Inferior vena cava · cardiovascular
- Renal vein · cardiovascular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery (FMA14784). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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