Coeliac trunk

Question 1

What does the coeliac trunk arise from?

Answer 1

Abdominal aorta anteriorly

Question 2

Where does the coeliac trunk arise from the abdominal aorta?

Answer 2

Aortic hiatus of diaphragm, T12

Question 3

What does the coeliac trunk do after it arises?

Answer 3

Divides into three branches

Question 4

What are the three branches of the coeliac trunk?

Answer 4

Left gastric artery

Splenic artery

Common hepatic artery

Question 5

Where does the left gastric artery travel after it arises?

Answer 5

Ascends upwards

then descends downwards along lesser curvature of from left side

Question 6

Where does the splenic artery travel after it arises?

Answer 6

Posteriorly to the stomach
along the superior border of the pancreas
towards spleen

Question 7

What does the splenic artery do as it travels towards the spleen?

Answer 7

Gives off branches

Question 8

What are the branches of the splenic artery?

Answer 8

Left gastroepiploic artery

Short gastric arteries

Pancreatic branches

Question 9

Where does the left gastroepiploic artery travel after it arises?

Answer 9

Downwards along the greater curvature of the stomach from left side

Question 10

Where do the short gastric arteries travel after they arise?

Answer 10

Upwards along the fundus of the stomach

Question 11

Where do the pancreatic branches travel after they arise?

Answer 11

Downwards along posterior surface of pancreas

Question 12

Where does the common hepatic artery travel after it arises?

Answer 12

To the right towards the liver

Question 13

What does the common hepatic artery do as it travels towards the liver?

Answer 13

Superiorly to the duodenum, it divides into two branches

Question 14

What two branches does the common hepatic artery divide into?

Answer 14

Proper hepatic artery

Gastroduodenal artery

Question 15

Where does the proper hepatic artery travel after it arises?

Answer 15

Ascends through lesser omentum

towards the liver

Question 16

What does the proper hepatic artery do as it travels towards the liver?

Answer 16

Divides into three branches

Question 17

What three branches does the proper hepatic artery divide into?

Answer 17

Right gastric artery

Right and left hepatic arteries

Cystic artery

Question 18

Where does the right gastric artery travel after it arises?

Answer 18

Descends downwards to the pylorus and lesser curvature of the stomach from right side

Question 19

Where do the right and left hepatic arteries travel after they arise?

Answer 19

To the right and left lobes of the liver

Question 20

Where does the cystic artery travel after it arises?

Answer 20

Along the gallbladder

Question 21

Where does the gastroduodenal artery travel after it arises?

Answer 21

Descends posteriorly to the superior part of the duodenum

Question 22

What does the gastroduodenal artery do as it descends downwards posteriorly to the superior part of the duodenum?

Answer 22

Divides into two branches

Question 23

What are the two branches of the gastroduodenal artery?

Answer 23

Right gastroepiploic artery

Superior pancreatoduodenal artery

Question 24

Where does the right gastroepiploic artery travel after it arises?

Answer 24

Up the greater curvature of the stomach from right side

Question 25

Where does the superior pancreatoduodenal artery travel after it arises?

Answer 25

Descends downwards anteriorly to head and neck of the pancreas

Question 26

Which abdominal viscera does the coeliac trunk supply?

Answer 26

Foregut derivatives

• oesophagus
• stomach
• duodenum up to bile duct
• liver
• gall bladder
• pancreas

Question 27

In what order does the splenic artery give rise to its three branches?

Answer 27

1) Pancreatic branches
2) Left gastroepiploic artery
3) Short gastric arteries

Question 28

In what order does the common hepatic artery give rise to its two branches?

Answer 28

1) Gastroduodenal artery

2) Proper hepatic artery

Question 29

In what order does the proper hepatic artery give rise to its three branches?

Answer 29

1) Right gastric artery
2) Right and left hepatic arteries
3) Cystic artery