Vascular segments in the human spleen.
Corrosion casts of human splenic arterial trees revealed the presence of two segments-a superior, and an inferior - in 84% of cases and three segments - a superior, a middle and an inferior - in 16% of cases. These segments are separated by avascular planes.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D013157:Splenic Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*