Q. The coeliac axis sending off branches to the liver, stomach, and spleen.
"Surgical Anatomy"
Joseph Maclise
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.
"A Practical Physiology"
Albert F. Blaisdell