title: Anatomical variations of the arterial pattern in the right hemiliver.
abstract: The arterial supply to the right hemiliver was studied in 80 liver casts. The arteries were divided into 10 groups according to their origin and branching pattern. The right hemiliver was supplied by one artery in 96% of cases and by two arteries in 4%. When there was only one artery it originated from the proper hepatic artery in 73/77 cases and from the superior mesenteric artery in 4/77 cases. The replacing right hepatic artery which originated from the superior mesenteric vessel supplied the whole right hemiliver in 5% of cases. The incomplete replacing right hepatic artery which supplied only a part of the right hemiliver was found in 4% of cases. The anterior section (segments 5 and 8) was supplied by one artery in 61%, by two arteries in 30% and by three arteries in 9% of cases. The posterior section (segments 6 and 7) was supplied by one artery in 66%, by two arteries in 31% and by three arteries in 3% of cases. Segments 5 and 7 were predominantly supplied by one artery, whereas segments 6 and 8 by two arteries.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: Bostjan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mlakar
authors.forename: Eldar M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gadzijev
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ravnik
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hribernik
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000098:blood supply*; D008953:Models, Anatomic