The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.

It arises from the celiac artery

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| hepatic artery proper || supplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries

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| gastroduodenal artery || branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery

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| | right gastric artery || branches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly

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Additional images

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File:Common hepatic artery.jpg|Common hepatic artery and its branches including hepatic artery proper and right gastric artery (pyloric artery)

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References

  • - "Stomach, Spleen and Liver: Contents of the Hepatoduodenal ligament"