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and is distributed to the anterior aspect of the greater cul-de-sac ; 

 the left gastric gains the posterior aspect, and ramifies over the 

 right cul-de-sac ; both are tortuous, and anastomose with each 

 other and with the splenic artery. 



The Splenic artery, the largest coeliac division, passes to the 

 left, over the fundus of the stomach, and enters the hilus of the 



Abdominal branches of the posterior aorta- .^the left abdominal wall and diaphragm, small intes- 

 tine and great colon being removed. I, Aorta ; II, Liver ; III, Stofnach ; IV, Spleen ; V, Left 

 kidney; VI, Floating colon: 1, Coeliac axis; a, Gastric artery; a'. Its anterior, and o". Its 

 posterior branch; a'", Pleural artery; 6 h, Hepatic artery ;. 6' 6', Pyloric artery; 6", Duodenal 

 artery ; 6"', Right gastro-epiploic artery ; c, Splenic artery ; d. Pancreatic branch ; c" c", Small 

 branches to the stomach ; c'", Left gastro-epiploic artery ; 2, Anterior mesenteric artery divided ; 

 3, Left renal artery ; 4, Left spermatic artery divided ; 5, Posterior mesenteric artery ; d d. Its 

 radiating branches ; d' d' d'. Their inosculatory arches ; d", Hasmorrhoidal branch ; 6 6, Lumbar 

 arteries ; e e, Their spinal branches. 



spleen, enveloped in the gastro-splenic omentum ; at the splenic 

 apex it becomes the left gastro-epiploic, which passes along the 

 greater curvature of the stomach as far as the lesser cul-de-sac, 

 finally anastomosing with the right gastro-epiploic branch of the 

 hepatic artery ; it supplies the spleen and stomach, and gives a 

 small twig to the pancreas. 



The Hepatic artery passes to the right, partly embedded in 



