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bronchial artery (bronchial branch of thoracic aorta)

Origin: Thoracic aorta. Branches: (1-2) 1) One right bronchial artery: -> arise from the upper left bronchial or 3rd right posterior intercostal artery or from the aorta directly 2) Two small left bronchial arteries: Course: -> run on the posterior aspects of the primary bronchi & follow the tracheobronchial tree Distribution: 1) trachea 2) bronchi 3) lung tissue 4) lymph nodes

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: bronchial artery (bronchial branch of thoracic aorta)

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
  2. Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
  3. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium