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In human anatomy, the arteria pancreatica magna, also great pancreatic artery and greater pancreatic artery, is the largest blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the pancreas and arises from the splenic artery.[1]
[edit] Pathology
The arteria pancreatica magna can rupture as a complication of chronic pancreatitis.[2] If this very rare event happens it is often fatal.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Stedman's Medical Dictionary. URL: http://www.emedicine.com/asp/dictionary.asp?keyword=greater+pancreatic+artery. Accessed on March 22, 2006.
- ^ Salmassi S. Pancreatica magna aneurysm: rupture into the pancreatic duct. South Med J. 1983 Dec;76(12):1565-7. PMID 6606231.
- ^ Lunetta P, Penttila A, Salovaara R, Sajantila A. Sudden death due to rupture of the arteria pancreatica magna: a complication of an immature pseudocyst in chronic pancreatitis. Int J Legal Med. 2002 Feb;116(1):43-6. PMID 11924708.
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Arteries of torso |
pulmonary - aorta - ascending aorta
right coronary (sinuatrial nodal, atrioventricular nodal, atrial, right marginal, posterior interventricular)
left coronary (anterior interventricular, left circumflex, left marginal)
aortic arch - brachiocephalic - thyreoidea ima - common carotid
SUBCLAVIAN: internal thoracic: musculophrenic - anterior intercostal - pericardiacophrenic - superior epigastric
costocervical trunk: highest intercostal, deep cervical
DESCENDING AORTA / THORACIC AORTA: bronchial - esophageal - posterior intercostal - subcostal
ABDOMINAL AORTA: Anterior - celiac: left gastric
splenic: pancreatic branches (arteria pancreatica magna) - short gastric - left gastro-omental
common hepatic: proper hepatic (cystic), right gastric, gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal)
superior mesenteric: inferior pancreaticoduodenal - intestinal - ileocolic (appendicular) - right colic - middle colic
inferior mesenteric: left colic - sigmoid - superior rectal
Posterior - Visceral: middle suprarenal - renal (inferior suprarenal) - testicular/ovarian - Parietal: inferior phrenic (superior suprarenal) - lumbar - median sacral
Terminal branches: common iliac - marginal - internal iliac
INTERNAL ILIAC: Anterior: umbilical (superior vesical, to ductus deferens) - inferior vesical - middle rectal - uterine (azygos of the vagina) - vaginal - obturator (anterior branch, posterior branch)
internal pudendal: (inferior rectal, perineal, artery of the urethral bulb, urethral, deep artery of the penis, dorsal artery of the penis)
inferior gluteal (accompanying of ischiadic nerve, crucial anastomosis)
Posterior: iliolumbar - lateral sacral - superior gluteal
EXTERNAL ILIAC: inferior epigastric (cremasteric) - deep circumflex iliac
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