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COELIAC ARTERY

Volume 6 · 78 words · 1823 Edition

in Anatomy, that artery which issues from the aorta, just below the diaphragm. See Anatomy Index.

COELIAC Vein, in Anatomy, that running through the intestineum rectum, along with the coeliac artery.

COELIMONTANA Porta (Pliny), one of the gates of Rome, situated at the foot of Mount Cælius; and hence its name, thought to be the ancient Asinaria by some; but this others doubt. By this gate Alaric with his Goths is said to have entered and plundered Rome.