Pericardiac artery

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Arteries and nerves of the chest cavity

The artery pericardiacophrenic (Latin for. Pericardium - diaphragmatic -Schlagader ') is an artery of the chest cavity of man. It arises on both sides from the initial section of the internal thoracic artery (internal thoracic artery) and, accompanying the phrenic nerve , runs in the pleuropericardial septum to the diaphragm. It supplies the pericardium and diaphragm.

literature

  • Walther Graumann, Dieter Sasse: Compact textbook anatomy . Volume 4, Schattauer, 2005, ISBN 9783794520640 , p. 558.