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Abdom inal viscera

Coeliac trunk

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Stomach

Small intestine

Large intestine

Liver

Truncus coeliacus

Pars thoracica aortae

Discus intervertebralis

Vertebra lumbalis I

Discus intervertebralis

A. mesenterica superior

Pars abdominalis aortae

Fig. 1074

Abdominal aorta, Pars abdominalis aortae, with the coeliac trunk,

Truncus coeliacus, and the superior mesenteric artery, A. mesenterica superior;

ultrasound image; almost in the sagittal plane.

* Abdom inal w a ll

Fig. 1075 a-e

Variability of the coeliac trunk,

Truncus coeliacus.

a

"Textbook case", division of the trunk into three branches

b

Division of the trunk into four branches

c

Development of a hepatosplenic trunk, Truncus

hepatosplenicus

d

Development of a gastrosplenic trunk, Truncus

gastrosplenicus

e

Development of a gastrosplenic trunk, Truncus

gastrosplenicus, and a hepatomesenteric trunk,

Truncus hepatomesentericus