The celiac trunk arises from the abdominal aorta and immediately divides into three primary branches:
Left gastric artery
Common hepatic artery
Splenic artery
The proper hepatic and gastroduodenal arteries are secondary branches of the common hepatic artery.
According to Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy:
“The celiac trunk trifurcates into the left gastric, common hepatic, and splenic arteries.”
[Reference:, Moore KL, Dalley AF, Agur AMR. Clinically Oriented Anatomy. 8th ed. Wolters Kluwer, 2018., Gray’s Anatomy for Students, 4th ed., Elsevier, 2019.]
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