common hepatic artery

The shot passed through the liver and apparently nicked the common hepatic artery.

It most commonly arises from the common hepatic artery of the celiac trunk, but there are numerous variations of the origin.

It arises from the common hepatic artery and terminates in a bifurcation, when it splits into the right gastro-omental artery and the anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery.

The right gastroepiploic is a branch of the gastroduodenal artery, which is a branch of the common hepatic artery, which is a branch of the celiac trunk.

In anatomy, the common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus (a part of the stomach), duodenum (a part of the small intestine) and pancreas.

The hepatic artery proper (also proper hepatic artery), arises from the common hepatic artery and runs alongside the portal vein and the common bile duct to form the portal triad.

The procedure involves gaining percutaneous access to the hepatic artery, usually by puncturing the common femoral artery in the right groin and passing a catheter through the abdominal aorta, through the celiac trunk and common hepatic artery, into the proper hepatic artery (which supplies the liver).