Information about Pericardiacophrenic Artery
| Artery: | |
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| The phrenic nerve and its relations with the vagus nerve. (Pericardiacophrenic artery not labeled, but region is visible.) | |
| The thoracic aorta, viewed from the left side. (Pericardiacophrenic labeled at center left.) | |
| Latin | arteria pericardiacophrenica |
| subject #148 584 | |
| Supplies | pericardium, thoracic diaphragm |
| Source | Internal thoracic |
| Vein | pericardiacophrenic veins |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12155452 |
External links
- SUNY Labs 19:11-0104 - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: Structures Beneath the Left Mediastinal pleura"
- pericardiacophrenic+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
The phrenic nerve arises from the third, fourth, and fifth cervical spinal nerves (C3-C5) in humans. It arises from the fifth, sixth and seventh cervical spinal nerves (C5-7) in most domestic animals.
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The vagus nerve (also called pneumogastric nerve or cranial nerve X) is the tenth of twelve paired cranial nerves, and is the only nerve that starts in the brainstem (within the medulla oblongata) and extends, through the jugular foramen, down below the head, to the
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Official status
Official language of: Vatican City
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Regulated by: Opus Fundatum Latinitas
Roman Catholic Church
Language codes
ISO 639-1: la
ISO 639-2: lat
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The pericardium is a double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels.
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Layers
There are two layers to this sac: the fibrous pericardium and the serous pericardium...... Click the link for more information.
diaphragm is a sheet of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage. The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration.
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In human anatomy, the internal thoracic artery (ITA), previously known as the internal mammary artery (a name still common among surgeons), is an artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts.
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Pericardiacophrenic veins are the vena comitans of the pericardiacophrenic arteries.
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In human anatomy, the internal thoracic artery (ITA), previously known as the internal mammary artery (a name still common among surgeons), is an artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts.
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The phrenic nerve arises from the third, fourth, and fifth cervical spinal nerves (C3-C5) in humans. It arises from the fifth, sixth and seventh cervical spinal nerves (C5-7) in most domestic animals.
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pleurae. The outer pleura is attached to the chest wall and is known as the parietal pleura; the inner one is attached to the lung and other visceral tissues and is known as the visceral pleura.
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The pericardium is a double-walled sac that contains the heart and the roots of the great vessels.
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Layers
There are two layers to this sac: the fibrous pericardium and the serous pericardium...... Click the link for more information.
diaphragm is a sheet of muscle extending across the bottom of the ribcage. The diaphragm separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity and performs an important function in respiration.
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The Musculophrenic Artery arises from the internal thoracic artery, directed obliquely downward and lateralward, behind the cartilages of the false ribs; it perforates the diaphragm at the eighth or ninth costal cartilage, and ends, considerably reduced in size, opposite the last
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Arteries are muscular blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart.[1] All arteries, with the exception of the pulmonary and umbilical arteries, carry oxygenated blood.
The circulatory system is extremely important for sustaining life.
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The circulatory system is extremely important for sustaining life.
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Torso is an anatomical term for the central part of the many animal bodies (including that of the human) from which extend the neck and limbs. It is sometimes referred to as the trunk. The torso includes the thorax and abdomen.
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chest is a part of the anatomy of humans and various other animals.
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Chest anatomy - Humans and other hominids
In hominids, the chest is the region of the body between the neck and the abdomen, along with its internal organs and other contents...... Click the link for more information.
The pulmonary arteries carry blood from the heart to the lungs. They are the only arteries (other than umbilical arteries in the fetus) that carry deoxygenated blood.
In the human heart, the pulmonary trunk (pulmonary artery or main pulmonary artery
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In the human heart, the pulmonary trunk (pulmonary artery or main pulmonary artery
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The coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the blood vessels that supply blood to and from the heart muscle itself. Although blood fills the chambers of the heart, the muscle tissue of the heart, or myocardium, is so thick that it requires coronary blood vessels to
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The right coronary artery (RCA) originates above the right cusp of the aortic valve. It travels down the right atrioventricular groove, towards the crux of the heart.
At the origin of the RCA is the conus artery.
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At the origin of the RCA is the conus artery.
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The sinoatrial nodal artery is an artery of the heart which supplies the sinoatrial node, and usually arises from either the right coronary artery or (less frequently) the circumflex branch of left coronary artery.
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The atrioventricular nodal branch most frequently arises as an early branch from the right coronary artery, but occasionally the atrioventricular node receives blood from the circumflex branch of left coronary artery.
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The atrial branches of right coronary artery derive from the right coronary artery and provide part of the blood supply to the right atrium and left atrium.
Although named for the right coronary artery in terminologia anatomica, a portion of the blood supply to the atria
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Although named for the right coronary artery in terminologia anatomica, a portion of the blood supply to the atria
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The right marginal branch of right coronary artery (or right marginal artery) is a large marginal branch which follows the acute margin of the heart and supplies branches to both surfaces of the right ventricle.
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The posterior interventricular artery (PIV) (or posterior descending artery(PDA)) is typically a branch of the right coronary artery (80%, known as right dominance) which runs in the posterior interventricular sulcus to the apex of the heart where it meets with the anterior
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