Table 1.

Anatomic variants of the ventral branches of the abdominal aorta in 665 persons.

Anatomic variant	Description: arterial origin from the abdominal aorta	N (%)
Celiacomesenteric trunk	Arteries belonging to the celiac trunk and mesenteric artery territories have a common origin from the abdominal aorta	16 (2.4%)
(i) Complete	A common origin for all arterial branches from CT and mesenteric artery territories
(a) Celiacomesenteric	A common origin for all arterial branches from CT and SMA territories only	3 (0.55%)
(b) Celiac-bi-mesenteric	A common origin for all arterial branches of the CT, SMA, and IMA territories	0
(ii) Incomplete	A common origin for some arterial branches from CT and mesenteric artery territories
(a) Gastro-mesenteric	A common origin for the left gastric artery and SMA	0
(b) Spleno-mesenteric	A common origin for the splenic artery and SMA	0
(b) Hepato-mesenteric	A common origin for the hepatic artery and SMA	12 (1.8%)
(c) Hepato-spleno-mesenteric	A common origin for the hepatic artery, splenic artery, and SMA	1 (0.15%)
(d) Gastro-spleno-mesenteric	A common origin for the left gastric, splenic, and SMA	0
(e) Hepato-gastro-mesenteric	A common origin for the hepatic artery, left gastric, and SMA	0

CT = celiac trunk; SMA = superior mesenteric artery; IMA = inferior mesenteric artery.