Abdomen Vasculature
Abdomen Vasculature
Abdomen Vasculature
AORTA
Start: Aortic hiatus (T12)
End: lower level of L4
Bifurcates at: L4/2.5 cm below
umbilicus/ Interiliac plane
Branches
Visceral
Posterior
Terminal: Common Iliac
Arteries
ABDOMINAL
AORTA
Visceral Branches
UNPAIRED PAIRED
Celiac trunk Middle suprarenal
(upper border of L1)
SMA Renal
(Lower Border of L1)
IMA Gonadal
(L3)
Posterior Branches
1. Inferior Phrenic: gives rise to superior
suprarenal
2. Lumbar Arteries (L1-L4)
3. Median Sacral
INFERIOR VENA
CAVA
Start: L5 (R + L common iliac)
Diaphragm: T8
No tributaries from abdominal part of the
GIT, spleen, pancreas, GB
Tributaries
Common iliac
Lumbar
Right Gonadal
Renal
Right suprarenal
Inferior Phrenic
Hepatic
LUMBAR VEINS
VEIN DRAINAGE
L1 Ascending Lumbar Veins
L2 (collateral if IVC is
blocked)
L3
IVC
L4
L5 Iliolumbar Vein
ARTERIAL SUPPLY
CELIAC TRUNK
3 branches
1. LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY
Smallest branch
Left gastric
Esophageal artery
CELIAC TRUNK
3 branches
1. LEFT GASTRIC ARTERY
2. SPLENIC ARTERY
Largest branch
Branches to the neck, body and tail of the
pancreas
Short gastric artery(fundus)
Left gastroomental/gastroepiploic artery
Splenic
CELIAC TRUNK
COMMON HEPATIC ARTERY
Hepatic artery proper
Right Hepatic Artery
Cystic Artery
Left Hepatic Arteries
Gastroduodenal artery
Supraduodenal artery
Posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal
artery
Terminal:
Right gastroomental/gastroepiploic
artery
Anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal
artery
CELIAC TRUNK
COMMON HEPATIC ARTERY
Hepatic artery proper
Right Hepatic Artery
Cystic Artery
Left Hepatic Arteries
Gastroduodenal artery
Supraduodenal artery
Posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal
artery
Terminal:
Right gastroomental/gastroepiploic
artery
Anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal
artery
SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
RIGHT LEFT
Middle Colic Jejunal
Right Colic Ileal
Ileocolic
SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
inferior pancreaticoduodenal
artery
Anterior inferior
pancreaticoduodenal artery
Posterior inferior
pancreaticoduodenal artery
SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY
JEJUNAL ILEAL
VASA RECTA
long and close short and far
together, forming apart,
narrow windows forming low broad
visible in the windows
mesentery
SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY