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superior epigastric artery
Origin: internal thoracic artery (medial terminal branch)
Distribution:
1) abdominal muscles & integument (skin)
2) falciform ligament
Anastomoses: inferior epigastric artery
Related
falciform ligament of liver
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: superior epigastric artery
ORIGIN: internal thoracic artery (internal mammary artery)
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium