Branches of abdominal aorta

Branches of Abdominal Aorta

Branches of abdominal aorta and their usual vertebral levels are as follows:

Branches of Abdominal Aorta: 

• Inferior phrenic artery at T12 vertebral level
• Coeliac trunk at T12-L1 vertebral level
• Middle suprarenal artery
• Superior mesenteric artery at L1 vertebral level
• Renal arteries at L1-L2 vertebral level
• Gonadal arteries at L2 vertebral level
• Inferior mesenteric arteries at L3 vertebral level
• Bifurcation into common iliac arteries at L4 vertebral level
• Median sacral artery at the bifurcation

Branches of Celiac Trunk

1. Left gastric artery
2. Splenic artery
3. Hepatic artery

Main branches of Superior Mesenteric Artery

1. Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal
2. Middle colic artery
3. Right colic artery
4. Ileocolic artery
5. Intestinal (small intestinal) arteries

Branches of Inferior Mesenteric Artery

1. Left colic artery
2. Marginal artery of Drummond
3. Sigmoidal artery
4. Superior rectal artery