celiac artery
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Celiac artery and its branches
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This wide blood-vessel springs from the front of the uppermost part of the
abdominal aorta, and after a very short course
forward – about half an inch – its divides into three arteries
– the splenic artery, the hepatic
artery, and the left gastric
artery – which diverge widely from one another, and are distributed
to the lowest part of the esophagus, the
stomach, the first two parts of the duodenum,
the liver, the pancreas
– all derived from the abdominal part of the embryonic foregut –
and the spleen, developed in the dorsal mesogastrium.
The celiac artery is between the crura of the diaphragm
and behind the lesser sac opposite the lesser omentum. The celiac plexus
of sympathetic nerves surrounds it and sends secondary plexuses along its
three branches.
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