Dorsal pancreatic artery

Dorsal pancreatic artery
Artery: Dorsal pancreatic artery
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Branches of the celiac artery.
Latin arteria pancreatica dorsalis
Supplies pancreas
Source splenic artery   

The dorsal pancreatic artery is a branch of the splenic artery. It anastomoses with the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery and continues as the inferior pancreatic artery on its lower border. [1]

References

  1. ^ Kyung Won, PhD. Chung (2005). Gross Anatomy (Board Review). Hagerstown, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 221. ISBN 0-7817-5309-0. 

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