GROSS ANATOMY
PERITONEAL CAVITY
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2 gastric arteries
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2 gastro-epiploic arteries
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non of the above
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The gastroepiploic artery (GEA) is made up of two arteries which supply the greater omentum and the stomach. The right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) is also referred to as the right gastro-omental artery or arteria gastroepiploic dextra in older texts.
Detailed explanation-2: -The gastroepiploic arteries (also known as the gastroomental arteries) consist of left and right vessels that form an anastomosis along the greater curvature of the stomach.
Detailed explanation-3: -The right gastroepiploic artery (RGA) arises from the gastroduodenal artery as it divides into its two terminal branches; the right gastroepiploic artery and the superior pancreaticoduodenal artery.
Detailed explanation-4: -The greater omentum (omentum majus; great omentum; gastrocolic omentum) is the largest peritoneal fold. It consists of a double sheet of peritoneum, folded on itself so that it is made up of four layers.
Detailed explanation-5: -Gastrocolic ligament-to transverse colon (occasionally on its own considered synonymous with “greater omentum") Gastrosplenic ligament-to spleen. Gastrophrenic ligament-to thoracic diaphragm.