left gastroepiploic 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

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.

left gastroepiploic artery

A branch of the splenic artery; it runs down along the greater curvature of the stomach, to which it supplies blood. See also: artery