Beginner Common Hepatic Artery Quiz

Q1. From which artery does the common hepatic artery usually arise?

• Celiac trunk
• Inferior mesenteric artery
• Superior mesenteric artery
• Renal artery

Q2. Which artery commonly arises from the common hepatic artery and descends toward the duodenum?

• Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• Gastroduodenal artery
• Left gastric artery
• Splenic artery

Q3. After giving rise to the gastroduodenal artery, the common hepatic artery usually continues as which vessel?

• Superior mesenteric artery
• Right gastric artery
• Splenic artery
• Proper hepatic artery

Q4. Which organ is the principal destination of the proper hepatic artery, the continuation of the common hepatic artery?

• Kidney
• Spleen
• Liver
• Colon

Q5. The common hepatic artery is a branch of which major foregut arterial trunk?

• Renal artery
• Common iliac artery
• Inferior mesenteric artery
• Celiac trunk

Q6. Which structure is closely related inferiorly to the common hepatic artery during much of its initial course?

• Sigmoid colon
• Pancreas
• Left kidney
• Urinary bladder

Q7. In which general direction does the common hepatic artery travel from the celiac trunk?

• Directly inferiorly
• Toward the left
• Posteriorly into the vertebral canal
• Toward the right

Q8. Which artery commonly supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and may arise from the common or proper hepatic artery?

• Left gastro-omental artery
• Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• Short gastric artery
• Right gastric artery

Q9. Which artery arising from the common hepatic artery contributes importantly to the blood supply of the pancreas and duodenum?

• Left gastric artery
• Gastroduodenal artery
• Left colic artery
• Inferior mesenteric artery

Q10. Which statement best describes the common hepatic artery?

• It is a branch of the renal artery
• It is a major celiac branch supplying foregut structures
• It supplies only the hindgut
• It is a terminal branch of the abdominal aorta