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pericardiacophrenic artery
Origin: internal thoracic artery
Distribution:
1) pericardium
2) diaphragm
3) pleura of lung
Anastomoses:
1) musculophrenic artery
2) inferior phrenic artery
3) mediastinal & pericardial branches of internal thoracic artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: pericardiacophrenic 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