Superior phrenic arteries

Superior phrenic artery
Details
Source	Thoracic aorta
Vein	Superior phrenic vein
Identifiers
Latin	arteria phrenica superior
TA98	A12.2.11.006
TA2	4201
FMA	70805
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The superior phrenic artery is a bilaterally paired artery of the thoracic cavity. The two arteries provide arterial supply to the superior surface of the diaphragm. Each artery typically arises from either (the inferior portion of^[1]) the descending part of the thoracic aorta or the 10th intercostal artery.^[2] They are distributed to the posterior part of the superior surface of the diaphragm. They form anastomoses with the musculophrenic arteries, and pericardiacophrenic arteries.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Inferior phrenic arteries

References

1. D'Antoni, Anthony V. (2014). "Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 7th Edition, by Keith L. Moore, Arthur F. Dalley II, and Anne M. R. Agur, Baltimore, MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014, 1134 pages, Paperback, ISBN 978-1-4511-1945-9. Price: $92.99". Clinical Anatomy. 27 (2): 274. doi:10.1002/ca.22316. ISSN 1098-2353.
2. Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42th ed.). New York. p. 1042. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.