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. 1976 Jul;121(Pt 3):613–616.

Vascular segments in the human spleen.

C D Gupta, S C Gupta, A K Arora, P J Singh
PMCID: PMC1231750  PMID: 1018011

Abstract

Corrosion casts of human splenic arterial trees revealed the presence of two segments-a superior, and an inferior - in 84% of cases and three segments - a superior, a middle and an inferior - in 16% of cases. These segments are separated by avascular planes.

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