Blood supply to the stomach includes which arteries?

• A. Right and left gastroepiploics, right, left and short gastrics
• B. Cystic, hepatic, gastroduodenal
• C. Pancreaticoduodenal arteries
• D. Superior mesenteric branches

Answer: (A)

Arterial supply to the stomach comes from branches of the celiac trunk: left gastric along the lesser curvature, right gastric usually from the proper hepatic, and along the greater curvature the left gastroepiploic from the splenic and the right gastroepiploic from the gastroduodenal. The fundus is supplied by short gastric arteries from the splenic. The combination listed includes the main vessels that supply the stomach—the right and left gastroepiploic arteries along the greater curvature, and the right, left, and short gastric arteries (covering the lesser curvature, greater curvature, and fundus). The other arteries mentioned pertain to liver, gallbladder, pancreas/duodenum, or the midgut and do not represent the stomach’s primary arterial supply.