Corpus: Common hepatic artery

The common hepatic artery is a short arterial branch that originates from the celiac trunk.

The common hepatic artery is the largest branch of the celiac trunk. It travels anteriorly and to the right towards the upper edge of the superior part of the duodenum, forming the lower boundary of the epiploic foramen. It then crosses the portal vein and ascends between the layers of the lesser omentum towards the hepatic portal, where it continues as the proper hepatic artery.

• Proper hepatic artery
• Gastroduodenal artery

The common hepatic artery supplies arterial blood to the liver, the pyloric region of the stomach, the duodenum, and parts of the pancreas.