HyperDic: celiac_trunk

English > 1 sense of the expression celiac trunk:
NOUNbodyceliac trunk, celiac artery, truncus celiacus, arteria celiacaan artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery
English > celiac trunk: 1 sense > noun 1, body
MeaningAn artery that originates from the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and branches into the left gastric artery and the common hepatic artery and the splenic artery.
Synonymsceliac artery, truncus celiacus, arteria celiaca
Broaderartery, arteria, arterial blood vesselA blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body
Spanisharteria celiaca, arteria celíaca, tronco celíaco
Catalanartèria celíaca

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