Cardiovascular system
Superior phrenic arteries
Arteriae phrenicae superiores
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Trunk
- Part of
- Thoracic aorta
DescriptionUnreviewed
The superior phrenic arteries are small and arise from the lower part of the thoracic aorta.
They are distributed to the posterior part of the upper surface of the diaphragm, and anastomose with the musculophrenic and pericardiacophrenic arteries.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteriae phrenicae superiores
- English
- Superior phrenic arteries
- French
- Artères phréniques supérieures
- Spanish
- Arterias frénicas superiores
- Portuguese
- Artérias frênicas superiores