Celiac artery

Celiac artery
The celiac artery and its branches. (Celiac artery visible at center.)
Surface projections of the major organs of the trunk, showing celiac artery in middle
Details
PrecursorVitelline arteries
SourceAbdominal aorta
BranchesLeft gastric artery
common hepatic artery
splenic artery
Identifiers
Latintruncus coeliacus, arteria coeliaca
MeSHD002445
TA98A12.2.12.012
TA24211
FMA50737
Anatomical terminology

The celiac (/ˈsli.æk/) artery (also spelled coeliac), also known as the celiac trunk or truncus coeliacus, is the first major branch of the abdominal aorta. It is about 1.25 cm in length. Branching from the aorta at thoracic vertebra 12 (T12) in humans, it is one of three anterior/ midline branches of the abdominal aorta (the others are the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries).


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