Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

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.
Latin	arteriae pancreaticoduodenales inferiores
Gray's	subject #154 607
Source	superior mesenteric artery
Vein	Pancreaticoduodenal veins
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12155394

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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

It courses to the right between the head of the pancreas and duodenum, and then ascends to anastomose with the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery.

It distributes branches to the head of the pancreas and to the descending and inferior parts of the duodenum.

External links

• Norman/Georgetown pancreas

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