Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery 4485736 174235489 2007-11-27T22:35:58Z LearnAnatomy 4597441 added anterior and posterior branch. {{Infobox Artery | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = arteriae pancreaticoduodenales inferiores | GraySubject = 154 | GrayPage = 607 | Image = Gray533.png | Caption = The [[celiac artery]] and its branches; the [[stomach]] has been raised and the [[peritoneum]] removed. (Inf. pan. duo. a. visible at lower left.) | Image2 = Illu lymph chain08.jpg | Caption2 = Inferior pancreaticoduodenal is at #12. | BranchFrom = [[superior mesenteric artery]] | BranchTo = | Vein = [[Pancreaticoduodenal veins]] | Supplies = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = a_61 | DorlandsSuf = 12155394 | }} The '''inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery''' is given off from the [[superior mesenteric]] or from its first intestinal branch, opposite the upper border of the inferior part of the [[duodenum]]. It courses to the right between the head of the [[pancreas]] and [[duodenum]], and then ascends to [[anastomose]] with the anterior and posterior [[superior pancreaticoduodenal artery]]. It distributes branches to the head of the pancreas and to the descending and inferior parts of the duodenum. ==External links== * {{NormanAnatomy|pancreas}} {{Gray's}} {{circulatory-stub}} {{Arteries of thorax and abdomen}} [[pt:Artéria pancreaticoduodenal inferior]]