Right Hepatic Artery

The right hepatic artery is a terminal branch of the proper hepatic artery. It serves the right lobe of the liver. It goes over the common hepatic duct posteriorly in many people. However, occasionally it may cross anteriorly. The artery circles inferiorly in the cystohepatic angle. It may even reach the cystic duct.

From here it separates in the liver substance into an anterior segmental artery, serving liver segments V and VIII, and a posterior segmental artery that provides for...

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Anatomy Terms

Abdominal Aorta
Caudate Lobe
Celiac Artery (Celiac Trunk)
Common Hepatic Artery
Hepatic Portal Vein
Hepatic Veins
Inferior Vena Cava
Left Gastric Artery
Left Hepatic Artery
Proper Hepatic Artery
Quadrate Lobe
Right Gastric Artery
Right Gastric Vein
Right Hepatic Artery
Splenic Artery
Splenic Vein

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Full Right Hepatic Artery Description

[Continued from above] . . . segments VI and VII. It's typical to see a caterpillar loop configuration in the anterior segmental artery.

The posterior segmental branch falls superior to the anterior branch and often supplies a branch to the gallbladder and caudate lobe.