What main artery provides the blood supply to the foregut?

Answer 1

The main artery supplying the foregut is the celiac artery. It gives off three principal branches:

1. Common hepatic artery: Subdivides into further branches that supply liver, gall bladder, duodenum, head of pancreas, greater and lesser curvature of stomach
2. Left gastric artery: Supplies lesser curvature of stomach
3. Splenic artery: Principal blood supply of the spleen, also gives off small pancreatic branches as it makes its way to the pancreas. Distally, gives branch that supplies greater curvature of stomach, a s well a s short gastric branches

Answer 2

Great question!

The celiac trunk (aka celiac artery, or sometimes celiac axis), which is a branch of the aorta at approximately the level of the 12th thoracic vertebrae (T12), is classically the major artery that supplies blood to the embryonic foregut.