left gastric artery
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left gas·tric ar·ter·y
[TA]origin, celiac; distribution, cardia of stomach at lesser curvature, abdominal part of the esophagus, and, frequently, a portion of the left lobe of the liver via an aberrant left hepatic branch; anastomoses, esophageal, right gastric.
Synonym(s): arteria gastrica sinistra [TA], coronary artery (2)
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left gas·tric ar·te·ry
(left gas'trik ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA]Origin, celiac; distribution, cardia of stomach at lesser curvature, abdominal part of the esophagus, and frequently a portion of the left lobe of the liver through an aberrant left hepatic branch; anastomoses, esophageal, right gastric.
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left gastric artery
A branch of the celiac artery that runs along the lesser curvature of the stomach, to which it supplies blood; its esophageal branches supply blood to the esophagus below the diaphragm.
See: circulation (Circulation of blood through heart and major vessels) for illus.See also: artery
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