Greater pancreatic artery

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Artery: Greater pancreatic artery

Branches of the celiac artery.
Latin	arteria pancreatica magna
Gray's	subject #154 606
Source	splenic artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12155388

In human anatomy, the arteria pancreatica magna, also great pancreatic artery and greater pancreatic artery, is the largest blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the pancreas and arises from the splenic artery.^[1]

1 Pathology
2 References
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Pathology

The arteria pancreatica magna can rupture as a complication of chronic pancreatitis.^[2] If this very rare event happens it is often fatal.^[3]

[edit] References

^ Stedman's Medical Dictionary. URL: http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=greater+pancreatic+artery. Accessed on March 22, 2006.
^ Salmassi S. Pancreatica magna aneurysm: rupture into the pancreatic duct. South Med J. 1983 Dec;76(12):1565-7. PMID 6606231.
^ Lunetta P, Penttila A, Salovaara R, Sajantila A. Sudden death due to rupture of the arteria pancreatica magna: a complication of an immature pseudocyst in chronic pancreatitis. Int J Legal Med. 2002 Feb;116(1):43-6. PMID 11924708.

[edit] See also

Upper gastrointestinal bleed

[edit] External links

ii/a/ARTERIA_PANCREATICA_MAGNA article at GE's Medcyclopaedia
greater+pancreatic+artery at eMedicine Dictionary

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List of arteries of torso - abdomen

AA:
Anterior

celiac	left gastric: esophageal branches splenic: pancreatic branches (greater, dorsal) – short gastric – left gastro-omental common hepatic: proper hepatic (cystic), right gastric, gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal, supraduodenal)

SMA	inferior pancreaticoduodenal – intestinal (jejunal, ileal, arcades, vasa recta) – ileocolic (colic, anterior cecal, posterior cecal, ileal branch, appendicular) – right colic – middle colic

IMA	left colic – sigmoid – superior rectal – marginal