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Superior phrenic artery

Superior phrenic artery
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
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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