Superior phrenic arteries

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* [edit on Wikidata]

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.

References

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

Arteries of the torso and chest

Lungs

Pulmonary artery
- Right
- Left (Ligamentum arteriosum)

Heart

Left coronary:
- Anterior interventricular
- Left circumflex (Left marginal)

Aorta

Sections

Aortic arch

Brachiocephalic	Thyreoidea ima Right subclavian Right common carotid

Left common carotid	External carotid Internal carotid Carotid body Carotid sinus Carotid bifurcation

Left subclavian	Internal thoracic: Anterior intercostal Thymic Pericardiacophrenic Perforating branches terminal (Musculophrenic, superior epigastric) Costocervical trunk: Highest intercostal (Posterior intercostal 1–2) Deep cervical

Descending
aorta

parietal: Posterior intercostal 3 * 11
Subcostal
Superior phrenic

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Superior phrenic arteries

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