Vessels & Nerves of the Digestive Tract
Prof. Dr. Selda Önderoğlu
Abdominal Aorta
Posterior branches
1. Lumbal aa
2. Median sacral a
Lateral branches
1. Inf phrenic a
2. Middle suprarenal a
3. Renal a
4. Testicular a Anterior branches
1. Coeliac trunk
2. Sup mesenteric a
3. Inf mesenteric a
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Middle
L 1
L 3 T 12
Abdominal Aorta
•Visceral Brr
•Sup mesenteric a
•Middle suprarenal a
•Testicular a
•Inf mesenteric a
•Coeliac trunk
•L gastric a
•Common hepatic a
•Splenic a
•Parietal Brr
•Inf phrenic a
•Lumbal aa
•Median sacral a
•Terminal Brr
•Common iliac a
Post gastric a
Great pancreatic a Cystic a
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Splenic a
Post gastric a
Great pancreatic a Cystic a
Pancreatic brr
Posterior gastric a Left gastro-omental a Short gastric aa
Splenic brr
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Splenic a
Tail of pancreas
L gastro-omental a Short gastric aa
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Posterior gastric artery
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Common hepatic a
Post gastric a
Great pancreatic a Cystic a
R gastric a
Gastro-duodenal a
Retroduodenal aa R gastro-omental a
Sup pancreatico-duodenal a Pancreatic brr
Duodenal brr
Proper hepatic a
Right br Left br
Intermediate br
L gastro-pancreatic fold
L gastric a
R gastro-pancreatic fold
Common hepatic a Proper hepatic a
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Sup mesenteric artery
Inf pancreatico- duodenal a
Middle colic a Right colic a
Jejunal & ileal aa Ileo-colic a
Ileal a Colic a
Ant caecal a Post caecal a Appendicular a
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Inf mesenteric a
Left colic a Sigmoid aa
Superior rectal a
Foregut Midgut Hindgut Oesophagus
Stomach Duodeonum Liver
Pancreas
Jejunum Ileum
Proximal transverse colon
Distal transverse colon Descendening colon sigmoid colon
Rectum
Coeliac trunk Superior mesenteric a Inferior mesenteric a Greater splanchnic
nerves T 5-9
Lesser splanchnic nerves
T 10-11
Least & Lumbal splanchnic nerves
T12-L3
Vagus Nn erigentes
S 2-4
Left colic flexure
Prof. Dr. H. Selçuk Sürücü
Coeliac plexus
Thoracic splanchnic nn Vagus n
Phrenic n
Aorticoabdominal Intermesenteric Phrenic
Gastric Hepatic Splenic
Sup mesenteric Inf mesenteric Renal
Suprarenal Ovarian
Sup Hypogastic Plexus
Lumbal
splanchnic nn
Pelvic splanchnic nn (erigentes)
Ovarian Uterine
Common iliac
A iliaca interna &
branches
M levator ani M coccygeus
M obturator internus
Bladder
Inf Hypogastric Plexus
Hypogastric nn Pelvic splanchnic nerves
(erigentes)
Middle rectal Vesical
Prostatic
Utero-vaginal
