The flow of blood??

ok can you trace the flow of blood from the heart to the pancreas and back to the heart, naming adjectives major vessel involved and nutrient, gas and waste exchange? appreciation


Answers:    ARTERIAL SUPPLY

Left Ventricle
(through aortic valve)
Aorta

then via SMA or Coeliac trunk

Superior Mesenteric Artery
Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery to supply the inferior portion of the pancreas

Coeliac trunk
later EITHER by Common Hepatic Artery
and Superior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery to supply the superior portion of the pancreas

OR by Splenic Artery and it's Pancreatic Branch to supply the superior portion of the pancreas

VENOUS DRAINAGE

By Pancreaticoduodenal veins (head and superior portion) {which within turn drains to portal vein and superior mesenteric artery and portal veinand thence to Liver then to Inferior Vena Cava}
and Pancreatic vein (tail) {via splenic vein, portal artery, liver and into IVC}

Inferior Vena Cava (via various routes above) and thence to Right Atrium - to pulmonary circulation for re-oxygenation

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