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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