left gastric artery

Origin

celiac artery

Branches

• left hepatic branch (aberrant variant)
• esophageal branch

Anastomoses

• esophageal branch of thoracic aorta
• right gastric artery

Distribution

• cardia of stomach at lesser curvature
• abdominal part of esophagus
• often part of the left lobe of the liver via an aberrant left hepatic branch

More general terms

• artery