TA A12.2.08.034 | Dorlands/Elsevier a_61/12155452 | |
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Vein pericardiacophrenic veins Latin arteria pericardiacophrenica |
The pericardiacophrenic artery is a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery. It accompanies the phrenic nerve, between the pleura and pericardium, to the diaphragm, to which it is distributed. It anastomoses with the musculophrenic and superior phrenic arteries.
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