Thoracic and abdominal aorta

from III to XI intercostal spaces;
2. a. a. phrenicae superiores

blood supply diaphragm and pleura
Rami viscerales:
1.Rami bronchiales (2-4) –go to hilum pulmonis, supply bronchi, lungs, anastomouses with branches of pulmonary arteries;
2.Rami esophageae(3-4)- to thoracic part of esophagus;
3.Rami mediastinales-supply lymphatic nodes of posterior mediastinalis;
4. Rami pericardiaci – to pericardium

visceral branches
2. Paired visceral branches

A. sacralis mediana

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XII-th thoracic vertebra. Its length 10mm, thick 0.5-2cm. The coeliac

trunk and its branches supply blood to the stomach, spleen, pancreas, liver, and part of the duodenum. The most common variant of branching the trunk is known as trifurcation (division into three branches): a.gastrica sinistra(1), a.hepatica communis(2), a.lienalis(3).

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is directed up and to the left to the cardiac

part of the stomach, and supplies blood to the lower part of the esophagus and stomach and anastomouses with right gastric artery.

the right to the upper border of the initial part

of the duodenum. It divides in a. gastroduodenalis and a. hepatica propria. A. gastrica dexter arises from a.hepatica communis. The proper hepatic artery goes to the liver gate and further divides into the right hepatic and left hepatic arteries. A. gastroduodenalis divides into a.pancreatoduodenalis superior and gastroepiploica dextra.

upper border of the pancreas to the spleen. Next to

the spleen, the splenic artery divides into several (five or more) branches. In addition to branches to the spleen, the splenic artery also gives pancreatic branches, short gastric arteries, and the left gastro-epiploica artery.

of pancreas. Its branches:
a. pancreatoduodenalis inferior, anastomouses with a. pancreatoduodenalis

superior;
2. 12-15 –rami intestinales – to jeajunum and ileum;
3. a. ileocolica blood supply cecum with vermiform process and ileum;
4. a. colica dextra – to ascending colon.
5. a.colica media – to the right side of
transvers colon

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vertebra. It blood supply descending colon, sygmoid colon and more

part of rectum. It gives 3 branches:
1. a.colica sinistra – to descending colon;
2.a.a.sygmoideae – to sygmoid colon;
3.a.rectalis superior – to rectum.
All arteries anastomouses between each other.

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