Definition of Left gastric artery

1. Noun. A branch of the celiac artery that supplies the lesser curvature of the stomach and the abdominal part of the esophagus.


Medical Definition of Left gastric artery

1. Origin, coeliac; distribution, cardia of stomach at lesser curvature, abdominal part of the oesophagus, and, frequently, a portion of the left lobe of the liver via an aberrant left hepatic branch; anastomoses, oesophageal, right gastric. Synonym: arteria gastrica sinistra, coronary artery. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Left Gastric Artery

left colic lymph nodes
left colic vein
left coronary artery
left coronary artery branches
left coronary vein
left coset
left cosets
left crus of atrioventricular bundle
left crus of diaphragm
left duct of caudate lobe
left fibrous trigone
left field
left fielder
left fielders
left for dead
left gastric artery (current term)
left gastric lymph nodes
left gastric vein
left gastro-omental artery
left gastro-omental nodes
left gastroepiploic artery
left gastroepiploic lymph nodes
left gastroepiploic vein
left gastroomental vein
left hand
left hander
left heart
left hemisphere
left hepatic artery

Literary usage of Left gastric artery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham, Arthur Robinson (1914)
"The coronary vein of the stomach accompanies the left gastric artery, along the lesser curvature of the stomach and behind the omental bursa, ..."

2. Manual of Practical Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1921)
"Near the pylorus it ends by anastomosing with the right gastric branch of the hepatic artery. The branches of the left gastric artery are:— 1. ..."

3. ... The Blood-vascular System of the Loricati, the Mailcheeked Fishes by William Fitch Allen (1905)
"A.) from the left gastric artery, the peripheral distribution of the 2 hepatic arteries is ... —As has already been stated, the left gastric artery (PI. ..."

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