left gastric artery

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)

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.

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