Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta

Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta
Details
Source	descending aorta
Vein	esophageal veins
Supplies	esophagus
Identifiers
Latin	rami oesophageales partis thoracicae aortae
TA	A12.2.11.003
FMA	71537
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The esophageal arteries four or five in number, arise from the front of the aorta, and pass obliquely downward to the esophagus, forming a chain of anastomoses along that tube, anastomosing with the esophageal branches of the inferior thyroid arteries above, and with ascending branches from the left inferior phrenic and left gastric arteries below. These arteries supply the middle third of the esophagus.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Anatomy figure: 21:06-00 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Branches of the ascending aorta, arch of the aorta, and the descending aorta."

Arteries of the torso and chest

Lungs

Pulmonary artery
- Right
- Left (Ligamentum arteriosum)

Heart

Left coronary:
- Anterior interventricular
- Left circumflex (Left marginal)

Aorta

Sections

Aortic arch

Brachiocephalic	Thyreoidea ima Right subclavian Right common carotid

Left common carotid	External carotid Internal carotid Carotid body Carotid sinus Carotid bifurcation

Left subclavian	Internal thoracic: Anterior intercostal Thymic Pericardiacophrenic Perforating branches terminal (Musculophrenic, superior epigastric) Costocervical trunk: Highest intercostal (Posterior intercostal 1–2) Deep cervical

Descending
aorta

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