This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Anatomy
The second largest aery to the stomach is the right gastroepiploic aery. It is a branch of: 
Select and explain. 
A. Right Hepatic aery, B. Gastroduodenal aery, C. Hepatic aery, D. Superior mesenteric aery
B: Gastroduodenal aery
Answer: B: Gastroduodenal aery 
Explanation: The second largest aery to the stomach is the right gastroepiploic aery, which arises consistently from the gastroduodenal aery behind the first poion of the duodenum. The greater curvature is supplied by the right gastroepiploic aery and the left gastroepiploic aery (a branch of the splenic aery). Ref: Dempsey D.T. (2010). Chapter 26. Stomach. In F.C. Brunicardi, D.K. Andersen, T.R. Billiar, D.L. Dunn, J.G. Hunter, J.B. Matthews, R.E. Pollock (Eds), Schwaz's Principles of Surgery, 9e.