pancreatic artery

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pancreatic artery

Any of the many small branches of the splenic or the superior mesenteric artery that supplies blood to the pancreas.

See also: artery

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(3.) Karakose M, Peker T, Gulekon N, Yucel D, Oktem H, Numerical variation of the celiac trunk and anatomical variation in origin and course of the dorsal pancreatic artery, Saudi Med J.

A common coeliaco-mesenteric trunk and variations in their branching pattern--a case report

Studies indicated that the collateral routes were immediately evident during HAO and that most collateral arteries originated from the inferior phrenic artery (IPA), the SMA, celiac axis, LGA, or the dorsal pancreatic artery [11-13,15,16].

The features of extrahepatic collateral arteries related to hepatic artery occlusion and benefits in the transarterial management of liver tumors

(1983), while observing by arteriography the anatomy of the abdominal viscera and the lombar region in caprines, carnivores, swine and rabbits, report that the cranial mesenteric artery, in these species, is originated from the following branches: middle colic artery, the most developed branch, which anastomoses with the left gastroepiploic artery; ileocolic artery, where, in goats and rabbits, it is the first released branch; cranial duodenal pancreatic artery; and several jejunal arteries anastomose themselves, originating arches.

Distribution of mesenteric cranial artery in the small intestine of Procyon cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798) (Mammalia, Procyonidae)/ Comportamento da arteria mesenterica cranial no intestino delgado de mao-pelada Procyon cancrivorus (Cuvier, 1798) (Mammalia, Procyonidae)