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The <b>brachiocephalic artery</b> is the third branch of the aorta and the first branch from the arch of the aorta. The <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> in the lower left is not shown.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Relations_of_the_aorta,_trachea,_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Relations_of_the_aorta%2C_trachea%2C_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png/250px-Relations_of_the_aorta%2C_trachea%2C_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Relations_of_the_aorta%2C_trachea%2C_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png/375px-Relations_of_the_aorta%2C_trachea%2C_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Relations_of_the_aorta%2C_trachea%2C_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png/500px-Relations_of_the_aorta%2C_trachea%2C_esophagus_and_other_heart_structures.png 2x" data-file-width="2089" data-file-height="1645" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Course of the ascending aorta (anterior view), as it passes dorsally to the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" title="Pulmonary artery">pulmonary trunk</a> but ventrally to the <a href="/wiki/Right_pulmonary_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Right pulmonary artery">right pulmonary artery</a>.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Embryology" title="Embryology">Precursor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Right horn of <a href="/wiki/Aortic_sac" title="Aortic sac">aortic sac</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aortic_arch" title="Aortic arch">Aortic arch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Branches</th><td class="infobox-data">Right <a href="/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" title="Common carotid artery">common carotid artery</a><br />Right <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">subclavian artery</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Thyroid_ima_artery" title="Thyroid ima artery">Thyroid ima artery</a> (occasionally)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">Vein</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brachiocephalic_vein" title="Brachiocephalic vein">Brachiocephalic vein</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>truncus brachiocephalicus</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">MeSH</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D016122">D016122</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/12.2.04.004%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A12.2.04.004</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=4179">4179</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma3932">3932</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515917" class="extiw" title="d:Q515917">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>brachiocephalic artery</b>, <b>brachiocephalic trunk</b>, or <b>innominate artery</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">artery</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Mediastinum" title="Mediastinum">mediastinum</a> that supplies blood to the right <a href="/wiki/Arm" title="Arm">arm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Head" title="Head">head</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Neck" title="Neck">neck</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is the first branch of the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_arch" title="Aortic arch">aortic arch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after it emerges, the brachiocephalic artery divides into the right <a href="/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" title="Common carotid artery">common carotid artery</a> and the right <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">subclavian artery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is no brachiocephalic artery for the left side of the body. The left common carotid artery and the left subclavian artery come directly off the aortic arch. Despite this, there are two <a href="/wiki/Brachiocephalic_vein" title="Brachiocephalic vein">brachiocephalic veins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Structure">Structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The brachiocephalic artery arises on a level with the upper border of the second right <a href="/wiki/Costal_cartilage" title="Costal cartilage">costal cartilage</a> from the start of the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_arch" title="Aortic arch">aortic arch</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on a plane anterior to the origin of the left <a href="/wiki/Carotid_artery" title="Carotid artery">carotid artery</a>. It ascends obliquely upward, backward, and to the right to the level of the upper border of the right sternoclavicular articulation, where it divides into the right <a href="/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" title="Common carotid artery">common carotid artery</a> and right <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">subclavian arteries</a>. The artery then crosses the <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate_trachea" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertebrate trachea">trachea</a> in front of it obliquely from the left to the right, roughly at the middle of the trachea or the level of the ninth <a href="/wiki/Tracheal_rings" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracheal rings">tracheal cartilage</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Relations">Relations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The brachiocephalic artery has relation with:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><i>anterior</i> - left <a href="/wiki/Brachiocephalic_vein" title="Brachiocephalic vein">brachiocephalic vein</a> and thymus</li> <li><i>posterior</i> - trachea</li> <li><i>right</i> - <a href="/wiki/Superior_vena_cava" title="Superior vena cava">superior vena cava</a>, right brachiocephalic vein, and <a href="/wiki/Pleura" title="Pleura">pleura</a></li> <li><i>left</i> - left common carotid artery and thymus</li></ul> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Thymus" title="Thymus">thymus</a> typically sits atop the brachiocephalic artery, and it separates the artery from the posterior surface of the <a href="/wiki/Manubrium" class="mw-redirect" title="Manubrium">manubrium</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sternum" title="Sternum">sternum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-stat_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Branches">Branches</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Thyroid_ima_artery" title="Thyroid ima artery">thyroid ima artery</a> ascends in front of the trachea to the lower part of the <a href="/wiki/Thyroid" title="Thyroid">thyroid</a>, which it supplies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Variation">Variation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Variation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The innominate artery usually gives off no branches, but occasionally a small branch, the thyroid ima artery, arises from it. Other times, it gives off a thymic or bronchial branch. </p><p>Thyroid ima artery varies greatly in size, and appears to compensate for deficiency or absence of one of the other thyroid vessels. It occasionally arises from the <a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">aorta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Right_common_carotid" class="mw-redirect" title="Right common carotid">right common carotid</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">subclavian</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Internal_mammary" class="mw-redirect" title="Internal mammary">internal mammary</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Development">Development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aortic_sac" title="Aortic sac">aortic sac</a> is the embryological precursor of the proximal portion of the aortic arch. It is chronologically the first portion of the aorta to form, and appears as a dilation superior to the <a href="/wiki/Truncus_arteriosus" title="Truncus arteriosus">truncus arteriosus</a>. Between the two horns of aortic sac, right horn gives rise to the brachiocephalic artery. Then the right horn fuses with the right-sided third and fourth <a href="/wiki/Aortic_arches" title="Aortic arches">aortic arches</a>, which give rise to the right common carotid artery and the proximal right subclavian artery respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-stat_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stat-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eventually, brachiocephalic artery is derived from <a href="/wiki/Ventral_aorta" class="mw-redirect" title="Ventral aorta">ventral aorta</a>, same as <a href="/wiki/Ascending_aorta" title="Ascending aorta">ascending aorta</a>. Left horn forms proximal ascending portion of aorta.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Function">Function</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The brachiocephalic artery sends blood from the heart to the right arm, head, and neck.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oxygenated blood from the aortic trunk is taken through the brachiocephalic artery into the right subclavian artery, which transports blood to the right arm, and into the right common carotid artery, where blood is transported to the head and neck.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Clinical_significance">Clinical significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Innominate artery aneurysms represent 3% of all arterial <a href="/wiki/Aneurysm" title="Aneurysm">aneurysms</a>. Because there is a risk of thromboembolic complications and spontaneous rupture, surgical repair is usually recommended early on after discovery. Innominate artery aneurysms often present with signs of innominate artery compression syndrome and have a very high risk of rupture.<sup id="cite_ref-Cardio_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cardio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of IA aneurysms are due to <a href="/wiki/Atherosclerosis" title="Atherosclerosis">atherosclerosis</a>. Other causes include <a href="/wiki/Syphilis" title="Syphilis">syphilis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tuberculosis" title="Tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki%27s_disease" class="mw-redirect" title="Kawasaki's disease">Kawasaki's disease</a>, <a href="/wiki/Takayasu%27s_arteritis" title="Takayasu's arteritis">Takayasu's arteritis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beh%C3%A7et%27s_disease" title="Behçet's disease">Behçet's disease</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connective_tissue_disease" title="Connective tissue disease">connective tissue disease</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angiosarcoma" title="Angiosarcoma">angiosarcoma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cardio_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cardio-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Tracheoinnominate_fistula" title="Tracheoinnominate fistula">Tracheoinnominate fistula</a> (TIF) is a surgical emergency with high mortality rates. Reported incidence is 0.1%-1.0% after <a href="/wiki/Tracheostomy" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracheostomy">tracheostomy</a>. TIF is usually fatal once it bleeds. For the successful management of TIF, treatment should be initiated immediately with special considerations kept in mind.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Several abnormalities of the brachiocephalic artery have been reported. A retroesophageal innominate artery is a rare congenital anomaly.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, aberrant innominate artery crossing anterior to the trachea just below the thyroid isthmus was reported. Anterior neck surgeries such as <a href="/wiki/Bronchoscopy" title="Bronchoscopy">bronchoscopies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mediastinoscopy" title="Mediastinoscopy">mediastinoscopies</a> are common and safe procedure, since operating around the trachea, no major vessel is encountered in the surgical field. However, when this type of abnormality is encountered, even minor trauma can lead to mass bleeding culminating in death.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aberrant innominate artery can cause incomplete <a href="/wiki/Vascular_ring" title="Vascular ring">vascular ring</a>. It does not completely encircle the <a href="/wiki/Trachea" title="Trachea">trachea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Esophagus" title="Esophagus">esophagus</a>, but some compress either the trachea or esophagus. Anomalous innominate artery originates later from the transverse arch and then crosses the trachea causing anterior tracheal compression.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brachiocephalic_artery&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide15e.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Brachiocephalic artery"><img alt="Brachiocephalic artery" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Slide15e.JPG/120px-Slide15e.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Slide15e.JPG/180px-Slide15e.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Slide15e.JPG/240px-Slide15e.JPG 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Brachiocephalic artery</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Slide3eeee.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Brachiocephalic trunk"><img alt="Brachiocephalic trunk" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Slide3eeee.JPG/120px-Slide3eeee.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Slide3eeee.JPG/180px-Slide3eeee.JPG 1.5x, 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