Hepatic artery proper Hepatic artery proper The hepatic artery proper (also proper hepatic artery) is the artery that supplies the liver and gallbladder. It raises from the common hepatic artery, a branch of the celiac artery. The hepatic artery proper arises from the common hepatic artery and runs alongside the portal vein and the common bile duct to form the portal triad. A branch of the common hepatic artery –the gastroduodenal artery gives off the small supraduodenal artery to the duodenal bulb. Then the right gastric artery comes off and runs to the left along the lesser curvature of the stomach to meet
Collateral adjective Collateral adjective A collateral adjective is an adjective that is identified with a particular noun in meaning, but that is not derived from that noun. For example, the word "bovine" is considered the adjectival equivalent of the noun "cow", but it is derived from a different word, which happens to be the Latin word for "cow". Similarly, "lunar" serves as an adjective to describe attributes of the Moon; "moon" comes from Old English "mōna" "moon" and "lunar" from Latin "luna" "moon". The adjective "thermal" and the noun "heat" have a similar semantic relationship. As in these examples, the collateral adjective