BRANCHES OF CELIAC AXIS ************************************** Celiac a. at superior border of pancreas, gives the first branch 1. Left gastric a. and then it bifurcates into 2. Splenic a. (largest branch) and 3. Common hepatic a. In 89-91% has this normal anatomy (hepatogastrosplenic trunk with separate SMA origin from aorta). The most common anatomic variation is hepato-splenic trunk with separate origin of left gastric artery and SMA). Arch of Buhler: It's a persistent vertical ventral embryo