Pericardiacophrenic artery
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
The pericardiacophrenic artery is a long slender branch, that 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
External links
- Template:SUNYAnatomyLabs – “Pleural Cavities and Lungs: Structures Beneath the Left Mediastinal pleura“
- Template:EMedicineDictionary
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