Pericardiacophrenic artery

Pericardiacophrenic artery
	The phrenic nerve and its relations with the vagus nerve. (Pericardiacophrenic artery not labeled, but region is visible.)
	The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side. (Pericardiacophrenic labeled at center left.)
Details
Latin	arteria pericardiacophrenica
Source	Internal thoracic
Vein	pericardiacophrenic veins
Supplies	pericardium, thoracic diaphragm
Identifiers
Dorlands; /Elsevier	a_61/12155452
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The pericardiacophrenic artery is a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery. It accompanies the phrenic nerve, between the pleura and pericardium, to the diaphragm, to which it is distributed. It anastomoses with the musculophrenic and inferior phrenic arteries.

References

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

Anatomy photo:19:11-0104 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: Structures Beneath the Left Mediastinal pleura"

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