Quick Facts
Origin: Anterior segmental artery of liver.
Course: Courses superiorly and bifurcates.
Branches: Ventral and dorsal branches.
Supplied Structures: Liver segment VIII.
Origin
The segment VIII artery arises from the anterior segmental artery of liver.
Course
The segment VIII artery courses superiorly until it bifurcates.
Branches
The segment VIII artery provides a branch, A8 ventral, inferior to the superior surface of the liver, and a branch, A8 dorsal, terminating at the very superior surface of the liver, just inferior to the diaphragm (Furuta et al., 2009).
Supplied Structures
The segment VIII artery supplies segment VIII of the liver.
References
Furuta, T., Maeda, E., Akai, H., Hanaoka, S., Yoshioka, N., Akahane, M., Watadani, T. and Ohtomo, K. (2009) 'Hepatic Segments and Vasculature: Projecting CT Anatomy onto Angiograms', Radiographics, 29(7), pp. e37.
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