Branch off Coeliac Artery

  • Course:
    • Runs upwards across the left crus to the oesophageal opening in the diaphragm
    • Gives off oesophageal branches
    • Turns antero-inferiorly raising a small fold of peritoneum, the Left Gastropancreatic Fold
    • Turns right in the Lesser Omentum along the Lesser Curvature
    • Supplies stomach
  • Branches:
    • Oesophageal branches