This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: None, Subject name: Unknown
All of the following statements about splenic artery are true except that it 
Select and explain. 
A. Has a tortuous course, B. Is a branch of celiac trunk, C. Has branches that anastomose freely within the spleen, D. Supplies the greater curvature of stomach
C: Has branches that anastomose freely within the spleen
Answer: C: Has branches that anastomose freely within the spleen 
Explanation: Has branches that anastomose freely within the spleen

Splenic artery is an end artery, and it is branches anastomose no further in spleen
It has a tortuous course, so as to allow for the movements of spleen during, respiration
It gives short gastric arteries&left gastro epiploic artery to the greater curvature of stomach