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MeSH Heading: Gastroepiploic Artery
Tree Number(s): A07.015.114.379
Unique ID: D024405
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D024405
Scope Note: Abdominal artery that follows the curvature of the stomach. The right gastroepiploic artery is frequently used in CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION, and other vascular reconstruction.
Previous Indexing: Arteries/transplantation (1990-2001); Stomach/blood supply (1967-2001)
Public MeSH Note: 2002
History Note: 2002
Date Established: 2002/01/01
Date of Entry: 2001/07/25
Revision Date: 2018/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: abnormalities (AB)

anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

cytology (CY)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

injuries (IN)

innervation (IR)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

physiopathology (PP)

radiation effects (RE)

surgery (SU)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Gastroepiploic Artery MeSH Descriptor Data 2025