Esophageal branches of the aorta

Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta
Details
Source	descending aorta
Vein	esophageal veins
Supplies	esophagus
Identifiers
Latin	rami oesophageales partis thoracicae aortae
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12691278
TA	A12.2.11.003
FMA	71537
Anatomical terminology []

The esophageal arteries four or five in number, arise from the front of the aorta, and pass obliquely downward to the esophagus, forming a chain of anastomoses along that tube, anastomosing with the esophageal branches of the inferior thyroid arteries above, and with ascending branches from the left inferior phrenic and left gastric arteries below. These arteries supply the middle third of the esophagus.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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