common hepatic artery common hepatic artery the common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder. common hepatic arterybranches of the celiac artery - stomach in situ. (hepatic artery is visible at upper left.)3d-rendered computed tomography, showing common hepatic artery in centerdetailssourceceliac arterybrancheshepatic artery propergastroduodenal arteryidentifierslatinarteria hepatica communismeshd006499ta98a12.2.12.015ta24214fma14771anatomical terminology it arises from the celiac artery and has the following branches: branchdetails hepatic artery propersupplies the gallbladder via the cystic artery and the liver via the left and right hepatic arteries gastroduodenal arterybranches into the right gastroepiploic artery and superior pancreaticoduodenal artery right gastric arterybranches to supply the lesser curvature of the stomach inferiorly additional images common hepatic artery and its branches including hepatic artery proper and right gastric artery (pyloric artery)