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Celiac trunk

Truncus coeliacus

  • Latin eponym: Tripus Halleri
  • Eponym: Haller's tripus
  • Related terms: Coeliac trunk

Definition

Antoine Micheau

The the celiac trunk (celiac artery) is a short thick arterial trunk, about 1.25 cm. in length, which arises from the front of the abdominal aorta, just below the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm, and, passing nearly horizontally forward, divides into three large branches, the left gastric artery, the common hepatic artery, and the splenic artery; it occasionally gives off one of the inferior phrenic arteries. 

Relations.—The celiac artery is covered by the lesser omentum. On the right side it is in relation with the right celiac ganglion and the caudate process of the liver; on the left side, with the left celiac ganglion and the cardiac end of the stomach. Below, it is in relation to the upper border of the pancreas, and the splenic vein. 

References

This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).

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