title: [Arterial arcades of the head and neck of the pancreas].
abstract: The arterial vascularization of the right half of pancreas is structured as arcades: anterior, intermediate and posterior pancreatico-duodenal, and prepancreatic arcade. These blood vessels present as a complex of anastomoses between the large viceral arteries: the coeliac trunk and the superior mesenteric artery. The paper describes variations of origin, course and branching of the arcades' constituents, relevant for the contemporary surgery of pancreas and adjacent organs. A particular attention was drawn to the two anatomical entities: retropancreatic fibrous band and arterial vascularization of the major duodenal papilla.
authors.affiliation: Institut za anatomiju, Medicinski fakultet, Beograd.
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Stimec
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Milićević
mesh_terms: D004386:Duodenum / Q000098:blood supply; D006801:Humans; D010179:Pancreas / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery