posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery

An artery that branches from the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery. It courses posterior to the uncinate process and head of the pancreas. It supplies uncinate process and head of the pancreas, second and third parts of the duodenum.

Type Vessel
Parent Structure artery
FMA ID 70480

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What is the posterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery?
An artery that branches from the inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery. It courses posterior to the uncinate process and head of the pancreas. It supplies uncinate process and head of the pancreas, second and third parts of the duodenum.

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