arteria gastrica

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arteria gastrica - the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach gastric artery arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body ateria gastrica dextra, right gastric artery - a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature arteria gastrica sinistra, left gastric artery - a branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus arteria gastrica breves, short gastric artery, vasa brevis - several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach stomach, tum, tummy, breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion