Aorta abdominals. 



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Lig. phren.- 



503. The Branches of the Coeliac Axis. 



View after removal of the Lesser Omentum. 



To the right of the cardia, the coeliac axis divides into 

 three branches : 



a) The gastric, Art. coronaria ventriculi superior sinistra, which 

 runs in the lesser curvature of the stomach from left to right; its 

 branches anastomose at the anterior and posterior surfaces of the stomach 

 with the Art. coronaria superior dextra, the Art. coronariae inferior es and 

 the Vasa brevia. 



b) The hepatic, Art. hepatica, which runs in the Lig. hepato- 

 duodenale, sends off the Art. coronaria superior dextra to the lesser curvature 

 of the stomach (a branch of this is the p y 1 o r i c artery) and then divides 

 into an ascending and a descending branch. - - The ascen- 

 ding branch is the Art. hepatica propria, which, dividing into two bran- 

 ches, enters the porta of the liver; its right branch gives off the 

 cystic artery, supplying the gall-bladder, and passes into the right 

 lobe of the liver; the left branch passes to the left lobe. 



