The second largest aery to the stomach is the right gastroepiploic aery. It is a branch of:
Correct Answer: Gastroduodenal aery
Description: The second largest aery to the stomach is the right gastroepiploic aery, which arises consistently from the gastroduodenal aery behind the first poion of the duodenum. The greater curvature is supplied by the right gastroepiploic aery and the left gastroepiploic aery (a branch of the splenic aery). Ref: Dempsey D.T. (2010). Chapter 26. Stomach. In F.C. Brunicardi, D.K. Andersen, T.R. Billiar, D.L. Dunn, J.G. Hunter, J.B. Matthews, R.E. Pollock (Eds), Schwaz's Principles of Surgery, 9e.
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