Definition

Noun: - A branch of the hepatic artery: The right gastric artery is a small artery that arises from the hepatic artery (the artery supplying the liver). - Supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach: Its primary function is to deliver oxygenated blood to the pyloric region of the stomach, which is the lower part that connects to the small intestine. - Located on the lesser curvature: It runs along the lesser curvature of the stomach (the shorter, concave border of the stomach).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • During the surgery, the surgeon carefully identified and preserved the right gastric artery.
  • A blockage in the right gastric artery can compromise blood flow to the pylorus.

Advanced Usage

• Surgical and Anatomical Context: This term is used almost exclusively in medical, anatomical, and surgical descriptions.
  • The right gastric artery anastomoses (connects) with the left gastric artery along the lesser curvature.

Variants and Related Words

• Gastric Artery: A general term for arteries supplying the stomach. The right gastric artery is one specific gastric artery.
• Left Gastric Artery: The other main artery supplying the lesser curvature of the stomach.
• Hepatic Artery Proper: The artery from which the right gastric artery typically branches.

Synonyms

• Pyloric Artery: An older or less specific term that may refer to this vessel, though it is not a precise synonym.
• Arteria gastrica dextra: The Latin anatomical term.

Related Phrases

• Branch of the hepatic artery: A descriptive phrase defining its origin.
• Lesser curvature artery: A descriptive term referencing its anatomical course.

Noun

1. a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature