A patient was admitted with a bleeding ulcer of the lesser curvature of the stomach. Which aery is MOST likely to be involved?
The left gastric aery is the aery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach (along with the right gastric aery). These two aeries would be most likely to cause bleeding at the lesser curvature of the stomach. The left gastric is one of the three aeries that comes off of the celiac trunk. The left and right gastro-omental aeries are the two aeries that supply the greater curvature of the stomach. The gastroduodenal aery is a branch off the common hepatic aery that supplies the duodenum, head of the pancreas, and the greater curvature of the stomach. The sho gastric aeries are 4 or 5 small aeries from the splenic aery that supply the fundus of the stomach.
Gastroduodenal
Left gastric
Left gastro-omental (epiploic)
Right gastro-omental (epiploic)