page_title: Celiac artery
hierarchical_section_title: Celiac artery
caption_attribution_description: The celiac artery and its branches
context_page_description: The coeliac artery, also known as the coeliac trunk, or truncus coeliacus, is the first major branch of the abdominal aorta.
  It is 1.25 cm in length.
  Branching from the aorta at thoracic vertebra 12 in humans, it is one of three anterior/ midline branches of the abdominal aorta.
context_section_description: The coeliac (/ˈsiːli.æk/) artery, also known as the coeliac trunk, or truncus coeliacus, is the first major branch of the abdominal aorta.  
  It is 1.25 cm in length.
  Branching from the aorta at thoracic vertebra 12 (T12) in humans, it is one of three anterior/ midline branches of the abdominal aorta (the others are the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries).
caption: The coeliac artery and its branches. (Coeliac artery visible at center.)
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