The posterior gastric branches of posterior vagal trunk are branches of the posterior vagal trunk which supply the stomach.
posterior gastric branches supply the posterior surface of stomach and its terminal branches are known as "crow's foot" which supply the and the posterior wall of pyloric canal.
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