"Celiac" Quotes from Famous Books
... while passing downwards, gives off arteries to the different tissues and organs. Of these branches the chief are the coeliac artery, which subdivides into three great branches,—one each to supply the stomach, the liver, and the spleen; then the renal arteries, one to each kidney; and next two others, the mesenteric arteries, to the intestines. The aorta at last divides into two main ... — A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell |