Left gastric artery

Left gastric artery
The left gastric artery and other branches of the celiac artery (stomach in situ). Left gastric artery identified near lesser curvature.
Left gastric artery is at #2 -- the upper of the two arrows.
Details
Source	Celiac artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria gastrica sinistra
TA98	A12.2.12.013
TA2	4212
FMA	14768
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

In human anatomy, the left gastric artery arises from the celiac artery and runs along^[1] the superior portion of^{[citation needed]} the lesser curvature of the stomach before anastomosing with the right gastric artery (which runs right to left^{[citation needed]}). It also issues esophageal branches^[1] that supply lower esophagus and ascend through the esophageal hiatus to form anastomoses with the esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta.^{[citation needed]}