Anterior vagal trunk
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Through Liver
The anterior vagal trunk is responsible mainly for providing parasympathetic innervation to the lesser curvature of the stomach, pylorus, gallbladder, and biliary apparatus.
Anatomy
Branches
- Hepatic branches which supply the liver, gallbladder, and biliary apparatus.
- Celiac branches which contributes parasympathetic afferents to the celiac plexus.
- Anterior gastric branches which supply the stomach.
- Anterior and posterior nerves of Latarjet which innervate the pylorus, and proximal duodenum.
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Clinical significance
The anterior vagal trunk and its branches are at risk of injury during surgeries of the distal oesophagus, stomach, proximal duodenum, gallbladder, and biliary tract.
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