| NOUN | body | gastric artery, arteria gastrica | the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach |
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| Meaning | The arteries that supply the walls of the stomach. | |
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| Synonym | arteria gastrica | |
| Part of | stomach, tummy, tum, breadbasket | An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal |
| Narrower | left gastric artery, arteria gastrica sinistra | A branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus |
| right gastric artery, ateria gastrica dextra | A branch of the hepatic artery that supplies the pyloric portion of the stomach on the lesser curvature | |
| short gastric artery, arteria gastrica breves, vasa brevis | Several small arteries branching off of the splenic artery and going to the greater curvature of the stomach | |
| Broader | artery, arteria, arterial blood vessel | A blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body |
| Spanish | arteria gástrica | |
| Catalan | artèria gàstrica | |
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