The
celiac (or
coeliac; )
artery, also known as the
celiac trunk, or
truncus coeliacus, is the first major branch of the
abdominal aorta. It is 1.25 cm in length. Branching from the aorta at
thoracic vertebra 12 (T12) in humans, it is one of three anterior/ midline branches of the abdominal aorta (the others are the
superior and
inferior mesenteric arteries).