Trunk of gastroduodenal artery at a glance
- What it is
- The main stem of the gastroduodenal artery.
- Location
- It arises from the common hepatic artery and descends behind the first part of the duodenum, dividing into right gastro-omental and superior pancreaticoduodenal arteries.
- Function
- It supplies the duodenum, pancreatic head and stomach.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · single, midline structure
- FMA ID
- FMA76574 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Clinical relevance
Posterior duodenal ulcers can erode it and cause bleeding.
Structures next to the trunk of gastroduodenal artery
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Common hepatic artery · cardiovascular
- Hepatic portal vein · cardiovascular
- Pre-hepatic portal vein · cardiovascular
- Cystic duct · digestive
- Celiac artery · cardiovascular
- Celiac trunk · cardiovascular
- Inferior vena cava · cardiovascular
- Hepatic artery proper · cardiovascular
- Common hepatic duct · digestive
- Diaphragm · muscular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Trunk of gastroduodenal artery (FMA76574). 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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