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This is not the correct answer. The common hepatic artery is a branch of the coeliac artery, which divides into two terminal branches at the superior aspect of the duodenum, namely the hepatic artery proper and the gastroduodenal artery. The hepatic artery proper provides 25% of the blood supply to the liver.
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Common hepatic artery
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This is not the correct answer. The cystic branch of the right hepatic artery supplies the gall bladder.
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Cystic branch of the right hepatic artery
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This is not the correct answer. While it does supply the non-parenchymal structures of the liver with oxygenated blood, it makes up 25% of the blood supply of the liver. The hepatic portal vein supplies 75% of the blood supply to the liver and thus, is the main supply.
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Hepatic artery proper
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This is the correct answer. The liver has a dual blood supply where the main component is the hepatic portal vein which supplies the liver parenchyma with partially deoxygenated blood and nutrients from the small intestine. It allows the liver to perform functions related to the gut such as detoxification. The hepatic artery proper is the other component of the dual blood supply, supplying 25% of the blood supply. It is derived from the coeliac trunk and supplies the non-parenchymal structures of the liver with oxygenated blood
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Hepatic portal vein
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This is not the correct answer. The gastroduodenal artery is one of the branches of the common hepatic artery which branches into the right gastroepiploic artery and the superior pancreatoduodenal artery. These supply the stomach and the greater omentum, and the head of the pancreas respectively.
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Gastroduodenal artery
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Liver
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Abdominal anatomy
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Which vessel is the main supply of blood and nutrients to the liver from the gastrointestinal tract?
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