left gastroomental artery

left gas·tro·o·men·tal ar·ter·y

[TA]

origin, splenic; distribution, greater curvature of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, right gastroepiploic and short gastric arteries.

Synonym(s): arteria gastroomentalis sinistra [TA], arteria gastroepiploica sinistra, left gastroepiploic artery

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left gas·tro·o·men·tal ar·te·ry

(left gas'trō-ō-men'tăl ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]

Origin, splenic; distribution, greater curvature of stomach and greater omentum; anastomoses, right gastroepiploic and short gastric arteries.
Synonym(s): arteria gastroepiploica sinistra, arteria gastroomentalis sinistra, left gastroepiploic artery.

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