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musculophrenic artery

Origin: internal thoracic artery (lateral terminal branch) Distribution: 1) diaphragm 2) intercostal muscles Anastomoses: 1) branches of the pericardiacophrenic artery 2) inferior phrenic artery 3) posterior intercostal arteries

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: musculophrenic 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