Veins, Arteries, Nerves: Test 3 Flashcards
Posterior intercostal artery
course
Pass between internal and innermost intercostal muscles
Origin of posterior intercostal arteries
Supreme intercostal arteries (intercostal spaces 1 and 2)
Thoracic aorta
Posterior intercostal artery
distribution
Intercostal muscles/overlying skin
Parietal pleura
Origin of anterior intercostal artery
Internal thoracic arteries (intercostal spaces 1-6) Musculophrenic arteries (intercostal spaces 7-9)
Anterior intercostal artery
Course
Pass between internal and innermost intercostal muscles
Anterior intercostal artery
Distribution
Intercostal muscles/overlying skin
Parietal pleura
Internal thoracic artery
Origin
Subclavian artery
Internal thoracic artery
Course
Lateral to sternum –> between costal cartilages/internal thoracic muscles –> divides into superior epigastric a. and musculophrenic a.
Internal thoracic artery
Distribution
Intercostal spaces 1-6 (via anterior intercostal a.)
Intercostal spaces 7-9 (via musculophrenic a.)
Right coronary artery
Origin
Right aortic sinus
Right coronary artery
Course
Follows coronary (AV) sulcus between atria and ventricles
Right coronary artery
Distribution
Right atrium
SA/AV nodes
Posterior IV septum
Right marginal artery
Origin
Right coronary artery
Right marginal artery
Course
Passes to inferior margin of heart and apex
Right marginal artery
Anastomoses
IV branches
Right coronary artery
Anastomoses
Circumflex and anterior IV branches (left coronary artery)
Posterior IV artery
Origin
Right coronary artery
Posterior IV artery
Course
Runs in posterior IV sulcus to apex of heart
Posterior IV artery
Distribution
Right and left ventricles
Posterior 1/3 of septum
Posterior IV artery
Anastomoses
Anterior IV branches of left coronary artery (at apex)
Left coronary artery
Origin
Left aortic sinus
Left coronary artery
Course
Runs in AV sulcus and gives off anterior IV and circumflex branches
Left coronary artery
Distribution
Left atrium/ventricle
IV septum
AV bundles
Left coronary artery
Anastomoses
Right coronary artery
Anterior IV artery
Origin
Left coronary artery
Anterior IV artery
Course
Passes along anterior IV sulcus to apex of heart
Anterior IV artery
Distribution
Right and left ventricles
Anterior 2/3 of IV septum
Anterior IV artery
Anastomoses
Posterior IV branch of left coronary artery
Circumflex artery
Origin
Left coronary artery
Circumflex artery
Course
Passes left of AV sulcus and runs to posterior surface of heart
Circumflex artery
Distribution
Left atrium
Left ventricle
Circumflex artery
Anastomoses
Right coronary artery
Left marginal artery
Origin
Circumflex branch
Left marginal artery course
Follows left border of heart