What is "right gastric artery"

n. a branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature [syn: ateria gastrica dextra]

The right gastric artery (pyloric artery) arises above the pylorus from the proper hepatic artery or less frequently from the common hepatic artery, descends to the pyloric end of the stomach, and passes from right to left along its lesser curvature, supplying it with branches, and anastomosing with the left gastric artery.