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Chapter 08. Figure 1.

Chapter 08. Figure 1.

Anatomic variations of the blood supply for the gallbladder. The cystic artery usually arises from the right hepatic artery (A). Variations to this unusual anatomy include dual cystic arteries, one arising from each of the hepatic arteries (B); cystic artery arising from the common hepatic artery (C); cystic artery arising from the gastroduodenal artery (D); cystic artery arising from an anterior right hepatic artery (E); a single cystic artery arising from the left hepatic artery (F).