Ligamentum arteriosum
The arterial ligament is a small ligament that connects the upper side of the left pulmonary artery with the descending aorta near the heart . It is a remnant of the ductus arteriosus , a fetal short-circuit connection of the pulmonary circulation, which regresses within the first three weeks of life after birth . If this remodeling does not take place, one speaks of a persistent ductus arteriosus . Around the arterial ligament, the left recurrent laryngeal nerve , a branch of the vagus nerve , runs back to the larynx .
Endangerment from the tape
The tape plays a role in major trauma . During rapid braking, it holds the aorta in position, which can damage it.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Melvin D. Cheitlin, Philip C. Ursell: Cardiac Anatomy . In: Kanu Chatterjee, Mark Anderson, Donald Heistad, Richard E. Kerber (Eds.): Cardiology. An Illustrated Textbook . tape 1 . Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi et al. 2012, ISBN 978-93-5025275-8 , pp. 6 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Douglas J. Schneider, John W. Moore: Patent Ductus Arteriosus . In: Circulation . tape 114 , no. 17 , 2006, p. 1873-1882 , doi : 10.1161 / CIRCULATIONAHA.105.592063 , PMID 17060397 .