KROK 1 2023 – Question 139 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
During a surgery for a splenic injury, the surgeon must ligate the artery that supplies the spleen with blood. This artery is a branch of:
- A. A. gastroduodenalis
- B. A. hepatica propria
- C. A. gastrica sinistra
- D. A. hepatica communis
- E. Truncus coeliacus
Hint
Recall the unpaired artery that leaves the abdominal aorta just below the diaphragm and divides into three branches, one running along the upper border of the pancreas.
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