superior (supreme) intercostal artery

Origin: costocervical trunk Branches: posterior intercostal arteries 1 & 2 Distribution: -> structures of 1st & 2nd intercostal spaces via its terminal branches (posterior intercostal arteries 1 & 2) Anastomoses: -> anterior intercostal branches of internal thoracic artery

Properties

FORM: superior (supreme) intercostal artery ORIGIN: costocervical trunk

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium