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highest intercostal artery
| Artery: Highest intercostal artery | |
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| The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side. (Highest intercostal artery labeled at upper right.) | |
| Latin | arteria intercostalis suprema |
| Gray's | subject #148 585 |
| Source | costocervical trunk |
| Vein | intercostal veins |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12154668 |
The highest intercostal artery (supreme intercostal artery, superior intercostal artery) is an artery in
the human body that usually gives rise to the first and second posterior
intercostal arteries, which supply blood to their corresponing intercostal
space. It usually arises from the costocervical trunk, which is a branch of
the
See also
External links
- supreme+intercostal+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
- http://www.instantanatomy.net/thorax/vessels/aupperintercostalarteries.html
| List of arteries of torso - chest | |
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| Pulmonary / coronary |
right
coronary: SA nodal - AV nodal - atrial -
right marginal - posterior interventricular left coronary: anterior interventricular - left circumflex - left marginal |
| Ascending aorta | aortic arch - brachiocephalic (thyreoidea ima) - common carotid |
| internal
thoracic: anterior intercostal -
thymic - pericardiacophrenic - terminal (musculophrenic, superior epigastric) costocervical trunk: highest intercostal (posterior intercostal 1-2) - deep cervical |
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| Descending / thoracic aorta |
visceral: bronchial - esophageal -
mediastinal parietal: posterior intercostal 3-11 - subcostal - superior phrenic |
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