A contribution to the types of branching and anastomoses of the splenic artery in human spleen.

The authors observed in 60 human spleens the course of the splenic artery in the splenic hilus and branching of segmental branches in the spleen. Specimens of blood vessels and casts showed two extreme types of segmental branches entering the splenic parenchyma: 1. Vertical type and 2. subcapsular type. The authors also studied the occurrence of anastomoses between the individual branches of the splenic artery and recognized three types of them: 1. hilar--extraparenchymatous, 2. intraparenchymatous and 3. subcapsular.