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Definition of Celiac trunk
1. Noun. An artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery.
Exact synonyms: Arteria Celiaca, Celiac Artery, Truncus Celiacus
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Generic synonyms: Arteria, Arterial Blood Vessel, Artery
Lexicographical Neighbors of Celiac Trunk
Literary usage of Celiac trunk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1920)
"... solar plexus and dissected around the tripod, formed by the celiac trunk, to
break the filaments of the solar plexus and detach the semilunar ganglia. ..."
2. The Diseases of the Stomach by William Ward Van Valzah, James Douglas Nisbet (1898)
"... the celiac trunk, and the solar plexus. Normally, it is inaccessible to palpation.
On it, near the pylorus, and about four inches from the cardia, ..."
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