Beginner Celiac Trunk Quiz

Q1. From which vessel does the celiac trunk arise?

• Inferior mesenteric artery
• Common iliac artery
• Superior mesenteric artery
• Abdominal aorta

Q2. At approximately which vertebral level does the celiac trunk usually arise?

• L5
• T8
• T12
• L3

Q3. Which three arteries form the classic primary branches of the celiac trunk?

• Common hepatic, renal, and gonadal arteries
• Superior mesenteric, inferior mesenteric, and splenic arteries
• Left gastric, splenic, and common hepatic arteries
• Right gastric, renal, and splenic arteries

Q4. Which branch of the celiac trunk primarily travels toward the spleen?

• Superior mesenteric artery
• Common hepatic artery
• Left gastric artery
• Splenic artery

Q5. Which branch of the celiac trunk ascends toward the lesser curvature of the stomach?

• Splenic artery
• Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
• Left gastric artery
• Gastroduodenal artery

Q6. Which branch of the celiac trunk gives rise to major arterial pathways supplying the liver?

• Splenic artery
• Common hepatic artery
• Left gastric artery
• Inferior mesenteric artery

Q7. The celiac trunk principally supplies structures derived from which embryologic division of the gut?

• Hindgut
• Midgut
• Foregut
• Cloaca only

Q8. Which organ is supplied by branches of the celiac trunk?

• Sigmoid colon only
• Upper rectum only
• Descending colon only
• Stomach

Q9. How is the celiac trunk classified among branches of the abdominal aorta?

• Unpaired visceral branch
• Paired visceral branch
• Terminal branch
• Paired parietal branch

Q10. Which artery is usually the first major unpaired visceral branch of the abdominal aorta?

• Renal artery
• Celiac trunk
• Inferior mesenteric artery
• Median sacral artery