Anatomy
gastroepiploic artery
Subclass of:
Arteries
Definitions related to gastroepiploic artery:
  • Abdominal artery that follows the curvature of the stomach. The right gastroepiploic artery is frequently used in CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION, and other vascular reconstruction.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • One of two (right and left) arteries along the greater curvature of the stomach that supply blood to the greater omentum and stomach.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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