Short gastric arteries

Short gastric arteries
The celiac artery and its branches; the stomach has been raised and the peritoneum removed. (Short gastric visible at center right.)
Details
Source	splenic artery
Supplies	Greater curvature of the stomach
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae gastricae breves
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12154318
TA	A12.2.12.050
FMA	70808
Anatomical terminology []

The short gastric arteries consist of from five to seven small branches, which arise from the end of the splenic artery, and from its terminal divisions.

They pass from left to right, between the layers of the gastrolienal ligament, and are distributed to the greater curvature of the stomach, anastomosing with branches of the left gastric and left gastroepiploic arteries.

Unlike the gastroepiploics and the left and right gastric arteries, the short gastric arteries have poor anastomoses if the splenic artery is blocked.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)