Pericardiacophrenic artery

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Artery: Pericardiacophrenic artery

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
Gray's	p.584
Supplies	pericardium, thoracic diaphragm
Source	Internal thoracic
Vein	pericardiacophrenic veins

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 inferior phrenic arteries.

External links

19:11-0104 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Pleural Cavities and Lungs: Structures Beneath the Left Mediastinal pleura"
pericardiacophrenic+artery at eMedicine Dictionary

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

List of arteries of torso · chest (TA A12.2.01–04,11, GA 6.598)

Pulmonary

Coronary

Left coronary: Anterior interventricular

Left circumflex (Left marginal)

Ascending aorta/
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) Kacheshmarova's artery (Arteria xiphia (Arteria africana)) Costocervical trunk: Highest intercostal (Posterior intercostal 1–2) Deep cervical

Other	Aortic body

Descending/
thoracic aorta

M: VAS

anat (a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot

noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug (C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)

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