Branches of Abdominal Aorta
Branches of abdominal aorta and their usual vertebral levels are as follows:
Branches of Abdominal Aorta:
- Inferior phrenic artery at T12 vertebral level
- Coeliac trunk at T12-L1 vertebral level
- Middle suprarenal artery
- Superior mesenteric artery at L1 vertebral level
- Renal arteries at L1-L2 vertebral level
- Gonadal arteries at L2 vertebral level
- Inferior mesenteric arteries at L3 vertebral level
- Bifurcation into common iliac arteries at L4 vertebral level
- Median sacral artery at the bifurcation
Branches of Celiac Trunk
- Left gastric artery
- Splenic artery
- Hepatic artery
Main branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery
- Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal
- Middle colic artery
- Right colic artery
- Ileocolic artery
- Intestinal (small intestinal) arteries
Branches of Inferior Mesenteric Artery
- Left colic artery
- Marginal artery of Drummond
- Sigmoidal artery
- Superior rectal artery