Posterior gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk

The posterior gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk are branches of the posterior vagal trunk which supply the stomach.[1]

Posterior gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk
Details
Fromposterior vagal trunk
Toceliac branches of vagus nerve
Identifiers
Latinrami gastrici posteriores trunci vagalis posterioris
TA98A14.2.01.180
TA26680
FMA6719
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

posterior gastric branches supply the posterior surface of stomach and its terminal branches are known as "crow's foot" which supply the [pyloric antrum] and the posterior wall of pyloric canal.

References

  1. Netter, Frank H. (2006). Atlas of Human Anatomy : With netteranatomy.com (Netter Basic Science). Philadelphia: Saunders. pp. 320. ISBN 1-4160-3385-8.


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