PAS 407- Posterior Abdominal Wall UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
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branches off abdominal aorta at level of T12
supplies esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and many ac-
cessory organs
Where does the celiac trunk branch from?
1) left gastric artery
What does it supply?
2) splenic artery
3) common hepatic artery
What are its three major branches?
branches from celiac trunk
supplies lesser curvature of stomach and recurrent
What does the left gastric artery branch from?
branches to distal portion of esophagus
What does it supply?
branches from celiac trunk
What does the splenic artery branch from? contained within splenorenal ligament; runs posterior to
stomach along superior margin of pancreas
How does it run?
supplies spleen
What does it supply?
1) pancreatic arteries
What are its branches?
2) short gastric arteries
3) left gastroepiploic artery
, What do the pancreatic arteries branch from? branch from splenic artery
What do they supply? supplies body and tail of pancreas
What do the short gastric arteries branch from? branch from splenic artery
What do they supply? supplies fundus of stomach
What does the left gastroepiploic artery branch from? branches from splenic artery
What does it supply? supplies greater curvature of stomach
What does it anastomose with? anastomoses with right gastroepiploic artery
branches from celiac trunk
principal blood supply for liver
What does the common hepatic artery branch from?
1) hepatic artery proper
What does it supply? 2) gastroduodenal artery
What are its 2 main branches?
branches from common hepatic artery
What does the hepatic artery proper branch from?
supplies liver itself
What does it supply?
1) left hepatic artery
What does it branch into?
2) right hepatic artery
CORRECT Answers
branches off abdominal aorta at level of T12
supplies esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and many ac-
cessory organs
Where does the celiac trunk branch from?
1) left gastric artery
What does it supply?
2) splenic artery
3) common hepatic artery
What are its three major branches?
branches from celiac trunk
supplies lesser curvature of stomach and recurrent
What does the left gastric artery branch from?
branches to distal portion of esophagus
What does it supply?
branches from celiac trunk
What does the splenic artery branch from? contained within splenorenal ligament; runs posterior to
stomach along superior margin of pancreas
How does it run?
supplies spleen
What does it supply?
1) pancreatic arteries
What are its branches?
2) short gastric arteries
3) left gastroepiploic artery
, What do the pancreatic arteries branch from? branch from splenic artery
What do they supply? supplies body and tail of pancreas
What do the short gastric arteries branch from? branch from splenic artery
What do they supply? supplies fundus of stomach
What does the left gastroepiploic artery branch from? branches from splenic artery
What does it supply? supplies greater curvature of stomach
What does it anastomose with? anastomoses with right gastroepiploic artery
branches from celiac trunk
principal blood supply for liver
What does the common hepatic artery branch from?
1) hepatic artery proper
What does it supply? 2) gastroduodenal artery
What are its 2 main branches?
branches from common hepatic artery
What does the hepatic artery proper branch from?
supplies liver itself
What does it supply?
1) left hepatic artery
What does it branch into?
2) right hepatic artery
