Branches to the greater omentum of the gastroepiploic artery (branches - rami epiploichi - Latin name; also known as digestive branches - trunci digestivi in old sources; "arteries of the stomach surrounded by peritoneum" (Latin "arteriae gastricae epiplocei") in the works of Erastothenes) - anatomical branches that supply mainly the lesser and greater omentum through the gastroepiploic artery. They emerge from the superior mesenteric artery (Aa. mesenter