right gastric artery
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The right gastric artery supplies blood to the pyloric region of the stomach.
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.
The right gastric artery supplies blood to the pyloric region of the stomach.
Noun
- a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature