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internal thoracic artery (internal mammary artery)

Origin: subclavian artery Branches: 1) medial mammary arteries 2) pericardiacophrenic artery 3) anterior intercostal branches 4) sternal branches 5) mediastinal branches 6) thymic branches 7) bronchial branches 8) musculophrenic artery (terminal branch) 9) superior epigastric artery (terminal branch) Clinical significance: - artery frequently used in bypass grafts, including CABG

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: internal thoracic artery (internal mammary artery) ORIGIN: subclavian artery

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium