Anatomy of the splanchnic circulation.
The blood supply to the intestines is a complex one, including branches of the three main splanchnic arteries as well as a vast collateral circulation. The variant anatomy and collateral pathways are described, based on anatomic dissections and angiographic studies, to focus attention on anatomically based explanations for clinical entities.
Kornblith
P L
PL
Department of Neurosurgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
Boley
S J
SJ
Whitehouse
B S
BS
D006801:Humans; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008642:Mesenteric Veins / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography