Definition of Right gastric artery

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

Exact synonyms: Ateria Gastrica Dextra
Generic synonyms: Arteria Gastrica, Gastric Artery

Medical Definition of Right gastric artery

1. Origin, hepatic; distribution, pyloric portion of stomach on the lesser curvature; anastomoses, left gastric. Synonym: arteria gastrica dextra, pyloric artery. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Right Gastric Artery

right colic lymph nodes
right colic vein
right coronary artery
right coronary artery branches
right coset
right cosets
right cross
right crosses
right crus of atrioventricular bundle
right crus of diaphragm
right duct of caudate lobe
right fibrous trigone
right field
right fielder
right fielders
right gastric artery (current term)
right gastric lymph nodes
right gastric vein
right gastro-omental artery
right gastro-omental lymph nodes
right gastroepiploic artery
right gastroepiploic lymph nodes
right gastroepiploic vein
right gastroomental vein
right hand
right handed
right hander
right heart
right hemisphere

Literary usage of Right gastric artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. ... The Blood-vascular System of the Loricati, the Mailcheeked Fishes by William Fitch Allen (1905)
"A.) coming from the right gastric artery, and the right hepatic artery (PI. IV, figs. ... As in Ophiodon the right gastric artery (PI. IV, fig. 27 ; R.Gas. ..."

2. Practical Anatomy of the Rabbit: An Elementary Laboratory Textbook in by Benjamin Arthur Bensley (1910)
"A small branch, the right gastric artery (a. gastrica dextra) passes to the pylorus and anastomoses across the lesser curvature with a branch of the left ..."

3. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"The right gastric artery (OT pyloric) is a small artery which springs from the ... The gastro-duodenal artery arises close to the right gastric artery. ..."

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