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Aorta abdominalis. 



504. The Brandies of the Coeliac Artery. 



The stomach being turned upwards. 



The descending ram us of the hepatic artery is called the 

 gastro-duodenal artery; behind the pylorus this artery divides 

 again into two branches : 



Art. pancreatico-duodenalis for the head of the pancreas and the duo- 

 denum ; 



Art. (jastro-cpiploica dcxtra (Art. coronarla ventriculi inferior dextra) run- 

 ning from right to left along the greater curvature of the stomach. Its 

 branches pass to the stomach and great omentum, and it anastomoses 

 with the Art. yastro-cpiploica sinistra. 



c) The splenic, Art. splmica, passes to the left to the spleen 

 and gives off: 



The Art. gastro-cpiploica sinistra (coronarla vcntriculi inferior sinistra) 

 and 4 6 Vasa Irevia to the fundus of the stomach. 



By the anastomosis of these branches two arches are formed : the 

 Arcus artcriosus ventriculi superior, at the lesser curvature of the stomach, 

 and the Arcus artcriosus ventriculi inferior at the great curvature. 



