Superior phrenic arteries
| Superior phrenic artery | |
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| Details | |
| Source | Thoracic aorta |
| Vein | Superior phrenic vein |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Arteria phrenica superior |
| Dorlands /Elsevier |
a_61/12155498 |
| TA | A12.2.11.006 |
| FMA | 70805 |
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Anatomical terminology []
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The superior phrenic arteries are small and arise from the lower part of the thoracic aorta; they are distributed to the posterior part of the upper surface of the diaphragm, and anastomose with the musculophrenic and pericardiacophrenic arteries.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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