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1
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What are the three main branches of the coeliac trunk?

A

Left gastric artery.
Splenic artery.
Common hepatic artery.

2
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What does the left gastric artery supply?

A

Oesophagus.
Cardia area of the stomach.

(Anastomoses with the right gastric artery)

3
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What branches does the splenic artery give rise to?

A

Left gastroepiploic.
Short gastrics.
Pancreatic branches.

4
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What does the left gastroepiploic artery supply?

A

Greater curvature of the stomach.

Anastamoses with the right gastroepiploic artery

5
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What do the short gastric arteries supply?

A

Fundus of the stomach.

6
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What do the pancreatic branches of the splenic artery supply?

A

The body and tail of the pancreas.

7
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What does the splenic artery look like?

A

Very tortuous appearance.

8
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What are the two main branches of the common hepatic artery?

A

Proper hepatic.

Gastroduodenal.

9
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What are the branches of the proper hepatic artery?

A

Right gastric artery.
Right and left hepatic artery.
Cystic artery.

10
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What does the right gastric artery supply?

A

The pylorus.

Lesser curvature of the stomach.

11
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What do the right and left hepatic arteries supply?

A

Liver.

12
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What does the cystic artery supply?

A

The gallbladder.

13
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What are the branches of the gastroduodenal artery?

A

Right gastroepiploic artery.

Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery.

14
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What does the right gastroepiploic artery supply?

A

Greater curvature of the stomach.

Greater omentum.

15
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What is another name for gastroepiploic?

A

Gastro-omental.

16
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What does the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery supply?

A

Head of the pancreas.

17
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What is the only organ to receive blood supply from all three main arteries of the coeliac trunk?

A

Stomach.

18
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What artery supplies part of the pancreas that isn’t a branch of the coeliac trunk?

A

Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery - a branch of the SMA.

19
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What artery is a peptic ulcer most likely to erode?

A

Gastroduodenal artery.

20
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What artery is a gastric ulcer likely to erode through?

A

The right and left gastric arteries (as these supply the lesser curvature of the stomach)

21
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What is coeliac trunk compression syndrome?

A

Where the median arcuate ligament lies anteriorly to the coeliac trunk rather than superiorly.

This causes pain due to the ischaemia of the abdominal organs.

22
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What branch of the coeliac trunk is most likely to have an aneurysm?

A

Splenic artery.

23
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Put these branches of the aorta in order of where they are given off superiorly to inferiorly:

Renal arteries
SMA
Gonadal arteries
Coeliac trunk
IMA
A
Coeliac trunk
SMA
Renal arteries
Gonadal arteries
IMA