Hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk

Summary

The hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk are branches of the anterior vagal trunk that provide parasympathetic innervation the liver,[1][2]: 499  and gallbladder.[2]: 266  Each anterior vagal trunk (it may be doubled or tripled) issues 1-2 hepatic branches which pass through the superior part of the omentum minus to reach and join the hepatic (nervous) plexus[2]: 250–252  before proceeding to the porta hepatis.[2]: 262  The anterior vagal trunk is the main source of parasymathetic afferents for the hepatic plexus.[3]

Hepatic branches of anterior vagal trunk
Details
Fromanterior vagal trunk
Identifiers
Latinrami hepatici trunci vagalis anterioris,
rami hepatici nervi vagi
TA98A14.2.01.177
TA26677
FMA6666
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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Clinical significance edit

Selective vagotomy of the anterior vagal trunk can be performed distal to the hepatic branch (in conjunction with sectioning the posterior vagal trunk distal to its coeliac branches) to curb gastric secretion, however, this often results in gastric stasis (to avoid this complication, a highly selective vagotomy that sections only branches to the gastric fundus and body may be performed instead).[2]: 252 

References edit

  1. ^ Netter, Frank H. (2006). Atlas of Human Anatomy : With netteranatomy.com (Netter Basic Science). Philadelphia: Saunders. p. 320. ISBN 1-4160-3385-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e McMinn (2011). Last's Anatomy (12th ed.). Elsevier Australia. ISBN 978-0-7295-3752-0.
  3. ^ Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1214. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)