FMA3789Arteries
The celiac trunk (celiac artery) is the first major anterior branch of the abdominal aorta, branching into the left gastric, splenic, and common hepatic arteries.
Delivers oxygenated arterial blood to the foregut organs, including the stomach, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, and proximal duodenum.
Retroperitoneal upper abdomen, arising anteriorly from the abdominal aorta just below the aortic hiatus of the diaphragm at the T12 vertebral level.
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The heart provides the muscular pumping force that drives blood into the pulmonary trunk and ascending aorta.
After arterial blood perfuses capillary beds in tissues, the venous system collects and returns the blood back toward the heart.
In the pulmonary circuit, arteries carry blood from the right side of the heart to the lungs where oxygen is replenished.