Anatomy
celiac artery
ce·li·ac ar·ter·y
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Arteries
Definitions related to celiac artery:
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(celiac trunk) Systemic arterial trunk, each instance of which is the arterial trunk that arises from some abdominal aorta, gives off trunks of some left gastric, common hepatic, and splenic arteries, and supplies the abdominal segment of some esophagus, stomach, duodenum, spleen, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder.Foundational Model of AnatomyUniversity of Washington, 2017
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A major abdominal artery that arises from the abdominal aorta below the diaphragm. It supplies blood to the digestive organs. It has three major branches, left gastric artery, common hepatic artery, and splenic artery.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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An artery of the abdomen; in general it arises from the abdominal aorta below the diaphragm and branches to form the left gastric artery, common hepatic artery, and splenic artery.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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The arterial trunk that arises from the abdominal aorta and after a short course divides into the left gastric, common hepatic and splenic arteries.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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