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id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Artery</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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title="Arteria – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arc mw-list-item"><a href="https://arc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DC%AB%DC%AA%DC%9D%DC%A2%DC%90" title="ܫܪܝܢܐ – Aramaic" lang="arc" hreflang="arc" data-title="ܫܪܝܢܐ" data-language-autonym="ܐܪܡܝܐ" data-language-local-name="Aramaic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ܐܪܡܝܐ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriyalar" title="Arteriyalar – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Arteriyalar" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF" title="ধমনি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ধমনি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C5%8Dng-me%CC%8Dh" title="Tōng-me̍h – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tōng-me̍h" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Артерия – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Артерия" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F" title="Артэрыя – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Артэрыя" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Артерия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Артерия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterija" title="Arterija – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Arterija" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A8ria" title="Artèria – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Artèria" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepna" title="Tepna – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tepna" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhydweli" title="Rhydweli – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Rhydweli" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dag mw-list-item"><a href="https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C6%B7isoli" title="Ʒisoli – Dagbani" lang="dag" hreflang="dag" data-title="Ʒisoli" data-language-autonym="Dagbanli" data-language-local-name="Dagbani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dagbanli</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterie" title="Arterie – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Arterie" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterie" title="Arterie – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Arterie" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arter" title="Arter – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Arter" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CF%81%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B1" title="Αρτηρία – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αρτηρία" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterio" title="Arterio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Arterio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%B1%DA%AF" title="سرخرگ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سرخرگ" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A8re" title="Artère – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Artère" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaire" title="Artaire – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Artaire" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8F%99%EB%A7%A5" title="동맥 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="동맥" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Զարկերակներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Զարկերակներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="धमनी – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="धमनी" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterija" title="Arterija – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Arterija" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterio" title="Arterio – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Arterio" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembuluh_nadi" title="Pembuluh nadi – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pembuluh nadi" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slag%C3%A6%C3%B0" title="Slagæð – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Slagæð" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A7" title="עורק – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="עורק" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pambuluh_nadi" title="Pambuluh nadi – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pambuluh nadi" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF" title="ಅಪಧಮನಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಪಧಮನಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="არტერია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="არტერია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="آرٹری – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="آرٹری" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Артерия – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Артерия" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateri" title="Ateri – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ateri" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/At%C3%A8" title="Atè – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Atè" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xw%C3%AEnber" title="Xwînber – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Xwînber" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Артерия – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Артерия" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C4%93rija" title="Artērija – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Artērija" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlagoder" title="Schlagoder – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Schlagoder" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterija" title="Arterija – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Arterija" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lfn mw-list-item"><a href="https://lfn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Lingua Franca Nova" lang="lfn" hreflang="lfn" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Lingua Franca Nova" data-language-local-name="Lingua Franca Nova" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingua Franca Nova</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A9ria" title="Artéria – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Artéria" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Артерија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Артерија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE" title="ധമനികൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ധമനികൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="არტერია – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="არტერია" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteri" title="Arteri – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Arteri" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Артерийн судас – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Артерийн судас" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9E%E1%80%BD%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BD%E1%80%BE%E1%80%90%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC" title="သွေးလွှတ်ကြော – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="သွေးလွှတ်ကြော" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slagader" title="Slagader – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Slagader" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A6%D3%80%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%BF%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88" title="ЦӀиэпхенаш – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="ЦӀиэпхенаш" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterie" title="Arterie – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Arterie" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puls%C3%A5re" title="Pulsåre – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Pulsåre" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A8ria" title="Artèria – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Artèria" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujummoo_dhiiga_raabsituu" title="Ujummoo dhiiga raabsituu – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Ujummoo dhiiga raabsituu" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteriyalar" title="Arteriyalar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Arteriyalar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%A7%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%A3%E0%A9%80" title="ਧਮਣੀ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਧਮਣੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a href="https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Piedmontese" lang="pms" hreflang="pms" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Piemontèis" data-language-local-name="Piedmontese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Piemontèis</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterie" title="Arterie – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Arterie" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%99tnica" title="Tętnica – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Tętnica" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A9ria" title="Artéria – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Artéria" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arter%C4%83" title="Arteră – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Arteră" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tawna_sirk%27a" title="Tawna sirk'a – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Tawna sirk'a" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Артерия – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Артерия" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arteria" title="Arteria – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Arteria" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artery" title="Artery – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Artery" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86" title="شريان – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="شريان" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepna" title="Tepna – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Tepna" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterija" title="Arterija – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Arterija" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%DB%8E%D9%86%D8%A8%DB%95%D8%B1" title="خوێنبەر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="خوێنبەر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Артерија – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Артерија" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterija" title="Arterija – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Arterija" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valtimo_(anatomia)" title="Valtimo (anatomia) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Valtimo (anatomia)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A4r" title="Artär – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Artär" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arterya" title="Arterya – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Arterya" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%BF" title="தமனி – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தமனி" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BF" title="ధమని – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="ధమని" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" 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For specific arteries, see <a href="/wiki/List_of_arteries_of_the_human_body" title="List of arteries of the human body">List of arteries of the human body</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Artery_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Artery (disambiguation)">Artery (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:dimgray; color: white">Artery</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Artery.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Artery.svg/250px-Artery.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Artery.svg/375px-Artery.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Artery.svg/500px-Artery.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="294" data-file-height="289" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Diagram of an artery</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/Organ_system" title="Organ system">System</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">Circulatory system</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>arteria (<a href="/wiki/Plural" title="Plural">plural</a>: arteriae)</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek" title="Ancient Greek">Greek</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>ἀρτηρία</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=D001158">D001158</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/12.0.00.003%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A12.0.00.003</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=3896">3896</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%2Ffma50720">50720</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/Q9655" class="extiw" title="d:Q9655">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>An <b>artery</b> (from <a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a> <i> </i>ἀρτηρία<i> (artēríā)</i>)<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> is a <a href="/wiki/Blood_vessel" title="Blood vessel">blood vessel</a> in humans and most other animals that takes <a href="/wiki/Oxygenated_blood" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxygenated blood">oxygenated blood</a> away from the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">systemic circulation</a> to one or more parts of the body. Exceptions that carry <a href="/wiki/Deoxygenated_blood" class="mw-redirect" title="Deoxygenated blood">deoxygenated blood</a> are the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulmonary arteries">pulmonary arteries</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_circulation" title="Pulmonary circulation">pulmonary circulation</a> that carry blood to the <a href="/wiki/Lung" title="Lung">lungs</a> for oxygenation, and the <a href="/wiki/Umbilical_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Umbilical arteries">umbilical arteries</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Fetal_circulation" title="Fetal circulation">fetal circulation</a> that carry deoxygenated blood to the <a href="/wiki/Placenta" title="Placenta">placenta</a>. It consists of a multi-layered <b>artery wall</b> wrapped into a tube-shaped channel. </p><p>Arteries contrast with <a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">veins</a>, which carry deoxygenated blood back towards the heart; or in the pulmonary and fetal circulations carry oxygenated blood to the lungs and fetus respectively. </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=Artery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png/220px-Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png/330px-Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png/440px-Blausen_0055_ArteryWallStructure.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Microscopic anatomy of an artery</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Artery.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Artery.png/220px-Artery.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Artery.png/330px-Artery.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Artery.png/440px-Artery.png 2x" data-file-width="1914" data-file-height="1637" /></a><figcaption>Cross-section of a human artery</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Arterial_tree" title="Arterial tree">Arterial tree</a></div> <p>The anatomy of arteries can be separated into <a href="/wiki/Gross_anatomy" title="Gross anatomy">gross anatomy</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Macroscopic_scale" title="Macroscopic scale">macroscopic level</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Histology" title="Histology">microanatomy</a>, which must be studied with a <a href="/wiki/Microscope" title="Microscope">microscope</a>. The arterial system of the <a href="/wiki/Human_body" title="Human body">human body</a> is divided into <a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">systemic arteries</a>, carrying blood from the heart to the whole body, and <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" title="Pulmonary artery">pulmonary arteries</a>, carrying deoxygenated blood from the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Lung" title="Lung">lungs</a>. </p><p>Large arteries (such as the aorta) are composed of many different types of cells, namely endothelial, smooth muscle, fibroblast, and immune cells.<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> As with veins, the arterial wall consists of three layers called tunics, namely the <i><a href="/wiki/Tunica_intima" title="Tunica intima">tunica intima</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Tunica_media" title="Tunica media">tunica media</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Tunica_externa" title="Tunica externa">tunica externa</a></i>, from innermost to outermost. The <i>externa</i>, alternatively known as the <i>tunica adventitia</i>, is composed of <a href="/wiki/Collagen" title="Collagen">collagen</a> fibers and <a href="/wiki/Elastic_tissue" class="mw-redirect" title="Elastic tissue">elastic tissue</a>—with the largest arteries containing <a href="/wiki/Vasa_vasorum" title="Vasa vasorum">vasa vasorum</a>, small blood vessels that supply the walls of large blood vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of the layers have a clear boundary between them, however the tunica externa has a boundary that is ill-defined. Normally its boundary is considered when it meets or touches the connective tissue.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Inside this layer is the <i>tunica media</i>, which is made up of <a href="/wiki/Smooth_muscle" title="Smooth muscle">smooth muscle</a> cells, <a href="/wiki/Elastic_tissue" class="mw-redirect" title="Elastic tissue">elastic tissue</a> (also called <i>connective tissue proper</i>) and <a href="/wiki/Collagen" title="Collagen">collagen</a> fibres.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The innermost layer, which is in direct contact with the flow of blood, is the <i>tunica intima</i>. The elastic tissue allows the artery to bend and fit through places in the body. This layer is mainly made up of <a href="/wiki/Endothelium" title="Endothelium">endothelial cells</a> (and a supporting layer of <a href="/wiki/Elastin" title="Elastin">elastin</a> rich <a href="/wiki/Collagen" title="Collagen">collagen</a> in elastic arteries). The hollow internal cavity in which the blood flows is called the <a href="/wiki/Lumen_(anatomy)" title="Lumen (anatomy)">lumen</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Development">Development</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Angiogenesis" title="Angiogenesis">Angiogenesis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vasculogenesis" title="Vasculogenesis">Vasculogenesis</a></div> <p>Arterial formation begins and ends when <a href="/wiki/Endothelial_cell" class="mw-redirect" title="Endothelial cell">endothelial cells</a> begin to express arterial specific genes, such as <a href="/wiki/EPH_receptor_B2" title="EPH receptor B2">ephrin B2</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> <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=Artery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Function"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Arterial_System_en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Arterial_System_en.svg/220px-Arterial_System_en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="332" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Arterial_System_en.svg/330px-Arterial_System_en.svg.png 1.5x, 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.<br /><small><span class="plainlinks"><i>Find sources:</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?as_eq=wikipedia&q=%22Artery%22">"Artery"</a> – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbm=nws&q=%22Artery%22+-wikipedia&tbs=ar:1">news</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?&q=%22Artery%22&tbs=bkt:s&tbm=bks">newspapers</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/search?tbs=bks:1&q=%22Artery%22+-wikipedia">books</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Artery%22">scholar</a> <b>·</b> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=%22Artery%22&acc=on&wc=on">JSTOR</a></span></small></span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2024</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">Circulatory system</a></div> <p>Arteries form part of the <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">circulatory system</a>. They carry <a href="/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a> that is oxygenated after it has been pumped from the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a>. <a href="/wiki/Coronary_circulation" title="Coronary circulation">Coronary arteries</a> also aid the heart in pumping blood by sending oxygenated blood to the heart, allowing the muscles to function. Arteries carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the tissues, except for <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulmonary arteries">pulmonary arteries</a>, which carry blood to the <a href="/wiki/Lung" title="Lung">lungs</a> for oxygenation (usually <a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">veins</a> carry deoxygenated blood to the heart but the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_vein" title="Pulmonary vein">pulmonary veins</a> carry oxygenated blood as well).<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> There are two types of unique arteries. The <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" title="Pulmonary artery">pulmonary artery</a> carries blood from the heart to the <a href="/wiki/Lung" title="Lung">lungs</a>, where it receives oxygen. It is unique because the blood in it is not "oxygenated", as it has not yet passed through the lungs. The other unique artery is the <a href="/wiki/Umbilical_artery" title="Umbilical artery">umbilical artery</a>, which carries deoxygenated blood from a fetus to its mother. </p><p>Arteries have a <a href="/wiki/Blood_pressure" title="Blood pressure">blood pressure</a> higher than other parts of the circulatory system. The pressure in arteries varies during the <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_cycle" title="Cardiac cycle">cardiac cycle</a>. It is highest when the <a href="/wiki/Systole_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Systole (medicine)">heart contracts</a> and lowest when <a href="/wiki/Diastole" title="Diastole">heart relaxes</a>. The variation in pressure produces a <a href="/wiki/Pulse" title="Pulse">pulse</a>, which can be felt in different areas of the body, such as the <a href="/wiki/Radial_pulse" class="mw-redirect" title="Radial pulse">radial pulse</a>. <a href="/wiki/Arterioles" class="mw-redirect" title="Arterioles">Arterioles</a> have the greatest collective influence on both local blood flow and on overall blood pressure. They are the primary "adjustable nozzles" in the blood system, across which the greatest pressure drop occurs. The combination of heart output (<a href="/wiki/Cardiac_output" title="Cardiac output">cardiac output</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Systemic_vascular_resistance" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic vascular resistance">systemic vascular resistance</a>, which refers to the collective resistance of all of the body's <a href="/wiki/Arteriole" title="Arteriole">arterioles</a>, are the principal determinants of arterial blood pressure at any given moment. </p><p>Arteries have the highest pressure and have narrow lumen diameter.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (May 2024)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">Systemic arteries</a> are the arteries (including the <a href="/wiki/Peripheral_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Peripheral arteries">peripheral arteries</a>), of the <a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">systemic circulation</a>, which is the part of the <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">cardiovascular system</a> that carries <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygenated</a> <a href="/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a> away from the heart, to the <a href="/wiki/Human_body" title="Human body">body</a>, and returns deoxygenated blood back to the heart. Systemic arteries can be subdivided into two types—muscular and elastic—according to the relative compositions of elastic and muscle tissue in their tunica media as well as their size and the makeup of the internal and external elastic lamina. The larger arteries (>10  mm diameter) are generally elastic and the smaller ones (0.1–10 mm) tend to be muscular. Systemic arteries deliver blood to the <a href="/wiki/Arterioles" class="mw-redirect" title="Arterioles">arterioles</a>, and then to the <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">capillaries</a>, where nutrients and gasses are exchanged. </p><p>After traveling from the <a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">aorta</a>, blood travels through peripheral arteries into smaller arteries called <a href="/wiki/Arterioles" class="mw-redirect" title="Arterioles">arterioles</a>, and eventually to <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">capillaries</a>. <a href="/wiki/Arterioles" class="mw-redirect" title="Arterioles">Arterioles</a> help in regulating <a href="/wiki/Blood_pressure" title="Blood pressure">blood pressure</a> by the variable contraction of the <a href="/wiki/Smooth_muscle_tissue" class="mw-redirect" title="Smooth muscle tissue">smooth muscle</a> of their walls, and deliver blood to the <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">capillaries</a>. This smooth muscle contraction is primarily influenced by activity of the sympathetic vasomotor nerves innervating the arterioles.<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> <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> Enhanced sympathetic activation prompts vasoconstriction, reducing the lumen diameter. A reduced lumen diameter consequently elevates the blood pressure within the arterioles.<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> Conversely, decreased sympathetic activity within the vasomotor nerves causes vasodilation of the vessels thereby decreasing blood pressure.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aorta">Aorta</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aorta"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">Aorta</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2121_Aorta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2121_Aorta.jpg/220px-2121_Aorta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2121_Aorta.jpg/330px-2121_Aorta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/2121_Aorta.jpg/440px-2121_Aorta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1264" data-file-height="1347" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">aorta</a> is the largest blood vessel in human body.</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">aorta</a> is the root <a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">systemic</a> artery (i.e., main artery). In humans, it receives blood directly from the left <a href="/wiki/Ventricle_(heart)" title="Ventricle (heart)">ventricle</a> of the heart via the <a href="/wiki/Aortic_valve" title="Aortic valve">aortic valve</a>. As the aorta branches and these arteries branch, in turn, they become successively smaller in diameter, down to the <a href="/wiki/Arteriole" title="Arteriole">arterioles</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Arteriole" title="Arteriole">arterioles</a> supply <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">capillaries</a>, which in turn empty into <a href="/wiki/Venule" title="Venule">venules</a>. The first branches off of the aorta are the <a href="/wiki/Coronary_circulation" title="Coronary circulation">coronary arteries</a>, which supply blood to the heart muscle itself. These are followed by the branches of the aortic arch, namely the <a href="/wiki/Brachiocephalic_artery" title="Brachiocephalic artery">brachiocephalic artery</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Left_common_carotid" class="mw-redirect" title="Left common carotid">left common carotid</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">left subclavian</a> arteries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Capillaries">Capillaries</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Capillaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">Capillaries</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">capillaries</a> are the smallest of the blood vessels and are part of the <a href="/wiki/Microcirculation" title="Microcirculation">microcirculation</a>. The microvessels have a width of a single cell in diameter to aid in the fast and easy <a href="/wiki/Diffusion#Diffusion_vs._bulk_flow" title="Diffusion">diffusion</a> of gasses, sugars and nutrients to surrounding tissues. Capillaries have no <a href="/wiki/Smooth_muscle" title="Smooth muscle">smooth muscle</a> surrounding them and have a diameter less than that of <a href="/wiki/Red_blood_cells" class="mw-redirect" title="Red blood cells">red blood cells</a>; a red blood cell is typically 7 micrometers outside diameter, capillaries typically 5 micrometers inside diameter. The red blood cells must distort in order to pass through the capillaries. </p><p>These small diameters of the capillaries provide a relatively large surface area for the exchange of gasses and nutrients. </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=Artery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Clinical significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Atherosclerosis_diagram.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Atherosclerosis_diagram.png/220px-Atherosclerosis_diagram.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Atherosclerosis_diagram.png/330px-Atherosclerosis_diagram.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Atherosclerosis_diagram.png/440px-Atherosclerosis_diagram.png 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="451" /></a><figcaption>Diagram showing the effects of <a href="/wiki/Atherosclerosis" title="Atherosclerosis">atherosclerosis</a> on an artery</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Systemic_circulation" class="mw-redirect" title="Systemic circulation">Systemic</a> arterial pressures are generated by the forceful contractions of the heart's <a href="/wiki/Left_ventricle" class="mw-redirect" title="Left ventricle">left ventricle</a>. High <a href="/wiki/Blood_pressure" title="Blood pressure">blood pressure</a> is a factor in causing arterial damage. Healthy resting arterial pressures are relatively low, mean systemic pressures typically being under 100 <a href="/wiki/Millimetre_of_mercury" title="Millimetre of mercury">mmHg</a> (1.9 <a href="/wiki/Pound_per_square_inch" title="Pound per square inch">psi</a>; 13 <a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">kPa</a>) above surrounding <a href="/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure" title="Atmospheric pressure">atmospheric pressure</a> (about 760 mmHg, 14.7 psi, 101 kPa at sea level). To withstand and adapt to the pressures within, arteries are surrounded by varying thicknesses of <a href="/wiki/Smooth_muscle" title="Smooth muscle">smooth muscle</a> which have extensive elastic and inelastic <a href="/wiki/Connective_tissue" title="Connective tissue">connective tissues</a>. The pulse pressure, being the difference between <a href="/wiki/Systole_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Systole (medicine)">systolic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diastole" title="Diastole">diastolic</a> pressure, is determined primarily by the amount of blood ejected by each heart beat, <a href="/wiki/Stroke_volume" title="Stroke volume">stroke volume</a>, versus the volume and elasticity of the major arteries. </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Blood_squirt" title="Blood squirt">blood squirt</a>, also known as an arterial gush, is the effect when an artery is <a href="/wiki/Cutting" title="Cutting">cut</a> due to the higher arterial pressures. Blood is spurted out at a rapid, intermittent rate, that coincides with the heartbeat. The amount of <a href="/wiki/Exsanguination" title="Exsanguination">blood loss</a> can be copious, can occur very rapidly, and be life-threatening.<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>Over time, factors such as elevated arterial <a href="/wiki/Blood_sugar" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood sugar">blood sugar</a> (particularly as seen in <a href="/wiki/Diabetes_mellitus" class="mw-redirect" title="Diabetes mellitus">diabetes mellitus</a>), <a href="/wiki/Lipoprotein" title="Lipoprotein">lipoprotein</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cholesterol" title="Cholesterol">cholesterol</a>, <a href="/wiki/High_blood_pressure" class="mw-redirect" title="High blood pressure">high blood pressure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stress_(psychological)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stress (psychological)">stress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tobacco_smoking" title="Tobacco smoking">smoking</a>, are all implicated in damaging both the <a href="/wiki/Endothelium" title="Endothelium">endothelium</a> and walls of the arteries, resulting in <a href="/wiki/Atherosclerosis" title="Atherosclerosis">atherosclerosis</a>. Atherosclerosis is a disease marked by the hardening of arteries. This is caused by an <a href="/wiki/Atheroma" title="Atheroma">atheroma</a> or plaque in the artery wall and is a build-up of cell debris, that contain <a href="/wiki/Lipid" title="Lipid">lipids</a>, (cholesterol and <a href="/wiki/Fatty_acids" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatty acids">fatty acids</a>), <a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium">calcium</a><sup id="cite_ref-:0_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> and a variable amount of <a href="/wiki/Fibrous_connective_tissue" class="mw-redirect" title="Fibrous connective tissue">fibrous connective tissue</a>. </p><p>Accidental intra-arterial injection either <a href="/wiki/Iatrogenic" class="mw-redirect" title="Iatrogenic">iatrogenically</a> or through recreational drug use can cause symptoms such as intense pain, <a href="/wiki/Paresthesia" title="Paresthesia">paresthesia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Necrosis" title="Necrosis">necrosis</a>. It usually causes permanent damage to the limb; often <a href="/wiki/Amputation" title="Amputation">amputation</a> is necessary.<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="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system#History" title="Circulatory system">Circulatory system § History</a></div> <p>Among the <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greeks" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greeks">Ancient Greeks</a> before <a href="/wiki/Hippocrates" title="Hippocrates">Hippocrates</a>, all blood vessels were called Φλέβες, <i>phlebes</i>. The word <i>arteria</i> then referred to the <a href="/wiki/Windpipe" class="mw-redirect" title="Windpipe">windpipe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Herophilos" title="Herophilos">Herophilos</a> was the first to describe anatomical differences between the two types of blood vessel. While <a href="/wiki/Empedocles" title="Empedocles">Empedocles</a> believed that the blood moved to and fro through the blood vessels, there was no concept of the <a href="/wiki/Capillary" title="Capillary">capillary</a> vessels that join arteries and veins, and there was no notion of circulation.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Diogenes_of_Apollonia" title="Diogenes of Apollonia">Diogenes of Apollonia</a> developed the theory of <i>pneuma</i>, originally meaning just air but soon identified with the <a href="/wiki/Soul" title="Soul">soul</a> itself, and thought to co-exist with the blood in the blood vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The arteries were thought to be responsible for the transport of air to the tissues and to be connected to the <a href="/wiki/Trachea" title="Trachea">trachea</a>. This was as a result of finding the arteries of cadavers devoid of blood. </p><p>In medieval times, it was supposed that arteries carried a fluid, called "spiritual blood" or "vital spirits", considered to be different from the contents of the <a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">veins</a>. This theory went back to <a href="/wiki/Galen" title="Galen">Galen</a>. In the late medieval period, the <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate_trachea" class="mw-redirect" title="Vertebrate trachea">trachea</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Ligaments" class="mw-redirect" title="Ligaments">ligaments</a> were also called "arteries".<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/William_Harvey" title="William Harvey">William Harvey</a> described and popularized the modern concept of the circulatory system and the roles of arteries and veins in the 17th century. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alexis_Carrel" title="Alexis Carrel">Alexis Carrel</a> at the beginning of the 20th century first described the technique for vascular suturing and anastomosis and successfully performed many <a href="/wiki/Organ_transplantation" title="Organ transplantation">organ transplantations</a> in animals; 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/External_carotid_artery" title="External carotid artery">ECA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Superior_thyroid_artery" title="Superior thyroid artery">sup. thyroid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_laryngeal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Superior laryngeal artery">superior laryngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sternocleidomastoid branch of superior thyroid artery">sternocleidomastoid branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infrahyoid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Infrahyoid branch of superior thyroid artery">infrahyoid branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cricothyroid_branch_of_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid artery">cricothyroid branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glandular_branches_of_the_superior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Glandular branches of the superior thyroid artery">glandular branches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ascending_pharyngeal_artery" title="Ascending pharyngeal artery">asc. pharyngeal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_meningeal_artery" title="Posterior meningeal artery">posterior meningeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_branches_of_ascending_pharyngeal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharyngeal branches of ascending pharyngeal artery">pharyngeal branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_tympanic_artery" title="Inferior tympanic artery">inferior tympanic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lingual_artery" title="Lingual artery">lingual</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Suprahyoid_branch_of_lingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Suprahyoid branch of lingual artery">suprahyoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_lingual_branches_of_lingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal lingual branches of lingual artery">dorsal lingual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_lingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep lingual artery">deep lingual</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sublingual_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Sublingual artery">sublingual</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Facial_artery" title="Facial artery">facial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>cervical branches</i> (<a href="/wiki/Ascending_palatine_artery" title="Ascending palatine artery">ascending palatine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tonsillar_artery" title="Tonsillar artery">tonsillar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Submental_artery" title="Submental artery">submental</a>, <a href="/wiki/Glandular_branches_of_facial_artery" title="Glandular branches of facial artery">glandular</a>)</li> <li><i>facial branches</i> (<a href="/wiki/Inferior_labial_artery" title="Inferior labial artery">inferior labial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_labial_artery" title="Superior labial artery">superior labial</a> / <a href="/wiki/Nasal_septum" title="Nasal septum">nasal septum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_nasal_branch_of_facial_artery" title="Lateral nasal branch of facial artery">lateral nasal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Angular_artery" title="Angular artery">angular</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Occipital_artery" title="Occipital artery">occipital</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sternocleidomastoid_branches_of_occipital_artery" title="Sternocleidomastoid branches of occipital artery">sternocleidomastoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meningeal_branch_of_occipital_artery" title="Meningeal branch of occipital artery">meningeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_branches_of_occipital_artery" title="Occipital branches of occipital artery">occipital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auricular_branch_of_occipital_artery" title="Auricular branch of occipital artery">auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descending_branch_of_occipital_artery" title="Descending branch of occipital artery">descending</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Posterior_auricular_artery" title="Posterior auricular artery">post. auricular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stylomastoid_artery" title="Stylomastoid artery">stylomastoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stapedial_branch_of_posterior_auricular_artery" title="Stapedial branch of posterior auricular artery">stapedial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auricular_branch_of_posterior_auricular_artery" title="Auricular branch of posterior auricular artery">auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occipital_branch_of_posterior_auricular_artery" title="Occipital branch of posterior auricular artery">occipital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Superficial_temporal_artery" title="Superficial temporal artery">supf. temporal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_facial_artery" title="Transverse facial artery">transverse facial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_temporal_artery" title="Middle temporal artery">middle temporal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Zygomatico-orbital_artery" title="Zygomatico-orbital artery">zygomatico-orbital</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_auricular_branches_of_superficial_temporal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior auricular branches of superficial temporal artery">anterior auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontal_branch_of_superficial_temporal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontal branch of superficial temporal artery">frontal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parietal_branch_of_superficial_temporal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Parietal branch of superficial temporal artery">parietal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery" title="Maxillary artery">maxillary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st part / <a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery#First_portion" title="Maxillary artery">mandibular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_tympanic_artery" title="Anterior tympanic artery">anterior tympanic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_auricular_artery" title="Deep auricular artery">deep auricular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_meningeal_artery" title="Middle meningeal artery">middle meningeal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Superior_tympanic_artery" title="Superior tympanic artery">superior tympanic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Petrosal_branch_of_middle_meningeal_artery" title="Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery">petrosal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Accessory_meningeal_artery" title="Accessory meningeal artery">accessory meningeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_alveolar_artery" title="Inferior alveolar artery">inferior alveolar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd part / <a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery#Second_portion" title="Maxillary artery">pterygoid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Muscles_of_mastication" title="Muscles of mastication">to muscles of mastication</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Deep_temporal_arteries" title="Deep temporal arteries">deep temporal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pterygoid_branches_of_maxillary_artery" title="Pterygoid branches of maxillary artery">pterygoid</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masseteric_artery" title="Masseteric artery">masseteric</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buccal_artery" title="Buccal artery">buccal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd part / <a href="/wiki/Maxillary_artery#Third_portion" title="Maxillary artery">pterygopalatine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_superior_alveolar_artery" title="Posterior superior alveolar artery">posterior superior alveolar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infraorbital_artery" title="Infraorbital artery">infraorbital</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anterior_superior_alveolar_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior superior alveolar arteries">anterior superior alveolar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descending_palatine_artery" title="Descending palatine artery">descending palatine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greater_palatine_artery" title="Greater palatine artery">greater palatine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lesser_palatine_arteries" title="Lesser palatine arteries">lesser palatine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artery_of_the_pterygoid_canal" title="Artery of the pterygoid canal">artery of the pterygoid canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sphenopalatine_artery" title="Sphenopalatine artery">sphenopalatine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_septal_branches_of_sphenopalatine_artery" title="Posterior septal branches of sphenopalatine artery">posterior septal branches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posterior_lateral_nasal_arteries" title="Posterior lateral nasal arteries">posterior lateral nasal</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_pharyngeal_artery" title="Ascending pharyngeal artery">pharyngeal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" title="Internal carotid artery">ICA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cervical_part_of_internal_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervical part of internal carotid artery">cervical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carotid_sinus" title="Carotid sinus">carotid sinus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Petrous_portion_of_the_internal_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Petrous portion of the internal carotid artery">petrous</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artery_of_the_pterygoid_canal" title="Artery of the pterygoid canal">Vidian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caroticotympanic_arteries" title="Caroticotympanic arteries">caroticotympanic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cavernous_part_of_internal_carotid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavernous part of internal carotid artery">cavernous</a>/<br /><a href="/wiki/Ophthalmic_artery" title="Ophthalmic artery">ophthalmic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>orbital group:</i><a href="/wiki/Anterior_ethmoidal_artery" title="Anterior ethmoidal artery">anterior ethmoidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_ethmoidal_artery" title="Posterior ethmoidal artery">posterior ethmoidal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacrimal_artery" title="Lacrimal artery">lacrimal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Lateral_palpebral_arteries" title="Lateral palpebral arteries">lateral palpebral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_palpebral_arteries" title="Medial palpebral arteries">medial palpebral</a></li> <li><i>terminal</i> (<a href="/wiki/Supraorbital_artery" title="Supraorbital artery">supraorbital</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supratrochlear_artery" title="Supratrochlear artery">supratrochlear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_nasal_artery" title="Dorsal nasal artery">dorsal nasal</a>)</li></ul> <p><i>ocular group:</i> <a href="/wiki/Central_retinal_artery" title="Central retinal artery">central retinal</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ciliary_arteries" title="Ciliary arteries">ciliary</a> (<a href="/wiki/Short_posterior_ciliary_arteries" title="Short posterior ciliary arteries">short posterior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long_posterior_ciliary_arteries" title="Long posterior ciliary arteries">long posterior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anterior_ciliary_arteries" title="Anterior ciliary arteries">anterior</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circulus_arteriosus_major" class="mw-redirect" title="Circulus arteriosus major">Circulus arteriosus major</a></li> <li><i>hypophysial</i> (<a href="/wiki/Superior_hypophysial_artery" title="Superior hypophysial artery">superior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Inferior_hypophysial_artery" title="Inferior hypophysial artery">inferior</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cerebral_circulation" title="Cerebral circulation">brain</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circle_of_Willis" title="Circle of Willis">Circle of Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_cerebral_artery" title="Anterior cerebral artery">ACA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anterior_communicating_artery" title="Anterior communicating artery">anterior communicating</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recurrent_artery_of_Heubner" title="Recurrent artery of Heubner">Recurrent artery of Heubner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orbitofrontal_artery" title="Orbitofrontal artery">Orbitofrontal artery</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_cerebral_artery" title="Middle cerebral artery">MCA</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anterolateral_central_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterolateral central arteries">anterolateral central</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prefrontal_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prefrontal artery (page does not exist)">Prefrontal artery</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Superior_terminal_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Superior terminal branch (page does not exist)">Superior terminal branch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Inferior_terminal_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Inferior terminal branch (page does not exist)">Inferior terminal branch</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Anterior_temporal_branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Anterior temporal branch (page does not exist)">Anterior temporal branch</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_communicating_artery" title="Posterior communicating artery">posterior communicating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_choroidal_artery" title="Anterior choroidal artery">anterior choroidal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">ScA</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Vertebral_artery" title="Vertebral artery">vertebral artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meningeal_branches_of_vertebral_artery" title="Meningeal branches of vertebral artery">meningeal</a></li> <li><i>spinal</i> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_spinal_artery" title="Posterior spinal artery">posterior</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anterior_spinal_artery" title="Anterior spinal artery">anterior</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basilar_artery" title="Basilar artery">basilar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Pontine_arteries" title="Pontine arteries">pontine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labyrinthine_artery" title="Labyrinthine artery">labyrinthine</a></li> <li><i>cerebellar</i> (<a href="/wiki/Anterior_inferior_cerebellar_artery" title="Anterior inferior cerebellar artery">AICA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Superior_cerebellar_artery" title="Superior cerebellar artery">SCA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posterior_inferior_cerebellar_artery" title="Posterior inferior cerebellar artery">PICA</a>)</li> <li><i>cerebral</i> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_cerebral_artery" title="Posterior cerebral artery">PCA</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Thyrocervical_trunk" title="Thyrocervical trunk">thyrocervical trunk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inferior_thyroid_artery" title="Inferior thyroid artery">inferior thyroid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_laryngeal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Inferior laryngeal artery">inferior laryngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracheal_branches_of_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracheal branches of inferior thyroid artery">tracheal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esophageal_branches_of_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Esophageal branches of inferior thyroid artery">esophageal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_cervical_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascending cervical artery">ascending cervical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharyngeal_branches_of_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharyngeal branches of inferior thyroid artery">pharyngeal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glandular_branches_of_the_inferior_thyroid_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Glandular branches of the inferior thyroid artery">glandular branches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transverse_cervical_artery" title="Transverse cervical artery">transverse cervical</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_branch_of_transverse_cervical_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Superficial branch of transverse cervical artery">superficial branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_scapular_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal scapular artery">deep branch / dorsal scapular</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scapular_anastomosis" title="Scapular anastomosis">scapular anastomosis</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suprascapular_artery" title="Suprascapular artery">suprascapular</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acromial_branch_of_suprascapular_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Acromial branch of suprascapular artery">acromial branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scapular_anastomosis" title="Scapular anastomosis">scapular anastomosis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Costocervical_trunk" title="Costocervical trunk">costocervical trunk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_cervical_artery" title="Deep cervical artery">deep cervical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highest_intercostal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Highest intercostal artery">Supreme Intercostal artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Arteries_of_the_torso_and_chest76" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lungs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" title="Pulmonary artery">Pulmonary artery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Right_pulmonary_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Right pulmonary artery">Right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_pulmonary_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Left pulmonary artery">Left</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ligamentum_arteriosum" title="Ligamentum arteriosum">Ligamentum arteriosum</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Heart</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coronary_circulation" title="Coronary circulation">Coronary circulation</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Right_coronary_artery" title="Right coronary artery">Right coronary</a>:</i> 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title="Left marginal artery">Left marginal</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">Aorta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Sections64" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_aorta" title="Ascending aorta">Ascending aorta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aortic_arch" title="Aortic arch">Aortic arch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descending_aorta" title="Descending aorta">Descending aorta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoracic_aorta" title="Thoracic aorta">Thoracic aorta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdominal_aorta" title="Abdominal aorta">Abdominal aorta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aortic_body" title="Aortic body">Aortic body</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aortic_arch" title="Aortic arch">Aortic arch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brachiocephalic_artery" title="Brachiocephalic artery">Brachiocephalic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thyroid_ima_artery" title="Thyroid ima artery">Thyreoidea ima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">Right subclavian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" title="Common carotid artery">Right common carotid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" title="Common carotid artery">Left<br />common carotid</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/External_carotid_artery" title="External carotid artery">External carotid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" title="Internal carotid artery">Internal carotid</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carotid_body" title="Carotid body">Carotid body</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carotid_sinus" title="Carotid sinus">Carotid sinus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" title="Common carotid artery">Carotid bifurcation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Subclavian_artery" title="Subclavian artery">Left<br />subclavian</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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artery">superior epigastric</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Costocervical_trunk" title="Costocervical trunk">Costocervical trunk</a>:</i> <a href="/wiki/Highest_intercostal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Highest intercostal artery">Highest intercostal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Posterior_intercostal_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior intercostal arteries">Posterior intercostal 1–2</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_cervical_artery" title="Deep cervical artery">Deep cervical</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Descending_aorta" title="Descending aorta">Descending<br />aorta</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>visceral:</i> <a href="/wiki/Bronchial_artery" title="Bronchial artery">Bronchial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esophageal_branches_of_thoracic_part_of_aorta" 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href="/wiki/Celiac_artery" title="Celiac artery">Celiac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Left_gastric_artery" title="Left gastric artery">Left gastric</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Esophageal_branches_of_left_gastric_artery" title="Esophageal branches of left gastric artery">Esophageal branches</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Common_hepatic_artery" title="Common hepatic artery">Common hepatic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="Appendicular artery">appendicular</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Right_colic_artery" title="Right colic artery">Right colic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_colic_artery" title="Middle colic artery">Middle colic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marginal_artery_of_the_colon" title="Marginal artery of the colon">Marginal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Suprarenal_artery_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Suprarenal artery (disambiguation)">Suprarenal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Middle_suprarenal_arteries" title="Middle suprarenal arteries">Middle suprarenal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Renal_artery" title="Renal artery">Renal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Internal_iliac_artery" title="Internal iliac artery">Internal iliac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Posterior surface</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Iliolumbar_artery" title="Iliolumbar artery">Iliolumbar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lumbar_branch_of_iliolumbar_artery" title="Lumbar branch of iliolumbar artery">Lumbar branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iliac_branch_of_iliolumbar_artery" title="Iliac branch of iliolumbar artery">Iliac branch</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anterior surface</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Superior_vesical_artery" title="Superior vesical artery">Superior vesical artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Umbilical_artery" title="Umbilical artery">Umbilical artery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medial_umbilical_ligament" title="Medial umbilical ligament">Medial umbilical ligament</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artery_to_the_ductus_deferens" title="Artery to the ductus deferens">to ductus deferens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Obturator_artery" title="Obturator artery">Obturator</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_branch_of_the_obturator_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Anterior branch of the obturator artery">Anterior branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pubic_branch_of_the_obturator_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pubic branch of the obturator artery (page does not exist)">Pubic branch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_branch_of_the_obturator_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior branch of the obturator artery">Posterior branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ligament_of_head_of_femur" title="Ligament of head of femur">Acetabular branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruciate_anastomosis" title="Cruciate anastomosis">Cruciate anastomosis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corona_mortis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corona mortis (page does not exist)">Corona mortis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Middle_rectal_artery" title="Middle rectal artery">Middle rectal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_branch_of_middle_rectal_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Vaginal branch of middle rectal artery">Vaginal branch</a> ♀ / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Prostatic_branch_of_middle_rectal_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Prostatic branch of middle rectal artery (page does not exist)">Prostatic branch</a> ♂</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Uterine_artery" title="Uterine artery">Uterine</a> ♀</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arcuate_vessels_of_uterus" title="Arcuate vessels of uterus">Arcuate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_branches_of_uterine_artery" title="Vaginal branches of uterine artery">Vaginal branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovarian_branch_of_uterine_artery" title="Ovarian branch of uterine artery">Ovarian branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tubal_branch_of_uterine_artery" title="Tubal branch of uterine artery">Tubal branches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spiral_artery" title="Spiral artery">Spiral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vaginal_artery" title="Vaginal artery">Vaginal</a> ♀ / <a href="/wiki/Inferior_vesical_artery" title="Inferior vesical artery">Inferior vesical</a> ♂</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inferior_gluteal_artery" title="Inferior gluteal artery">Inferior gluteal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Accompanying_artery_of_ischiadic_nerve" title="Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve">Accompanying of sciatic nerve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruciate_anastomosis" title="Cruciate anastomosis">Cruciate anastomosis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Internal_pudendal_artery" title="Internal pudendal artery">Internal pudendal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_rectal_artery" title="Inferior rectal artery">Inferior rectal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perineal_artery" title="Perineal artery">Perineal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_scrotal_arteries" title="Posterior scrotal arteries">posterior scrotal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_labial_arteries" title="Posterior labial arteries">posterior labial</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artery_of_bulb_of_penis" title="Artery of bulb of penis">Bulb of penis</a>/<a href="/wiki/Artery_of_bulb_of_vestibule" title="Artery of bulb of vestibule">vestibule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urethral_artery" title="Urethral artery">Urethral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_artery_of_the_penis" title="Deep artery of the penis">Deep artery of the penis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helicine_arteries_of_penis" title="Helicine arteries of penis">helicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_artery_of_clitoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep artery of clitoris">Deep artery of clitoris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_artery_of_the_penis" title="Dorsal artery of the penis">Dorsal of the penis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_artery_of_clitoris" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal artery of clitoris">Dorsal of the clitoris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/External_iliac_artery" title="External iliac artery">External iliac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_epigastric_artery" title="Inferior epigastric artery">Inferior epigastric</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Corona_mortis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Corona mortis (page does not exist)">Corona mortis</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_circumflex_iliac_artery" title="Deep circumflex iliac artery">Deep circumflex iliac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Femoral_artery" title="Femoral artery">Femoral</a> <ul><li><i>see <a href="/wiki/Template:Arteries_of_lower_limbs" title="Template:Arteries of lower limbs">arteries of lower limbs</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Median_sacral_artery" title="Median sacral artery">Median sacral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Coccygeal_glomus" title="Coccygeal glomus">Coccygeal glomus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_thoracic_artery" title="Superior thoracic artery">Superior thoracic artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd part</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thoracoacromial_artery" title="Thoracoacromial artery">Thoracoacromial artery</a> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pectoral_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pectoral branch of thoracoacromial artery (page does not exist)">pectoral branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Acromial_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Acromial branch of thoracoacromial artery (page does not exist)">acromial branch</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clavicular_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery (page does not exist)">clavicular branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deltoid_branch_of_thoracoacromial_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery">deltoid branch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_thoracic_artery" title="Lateral thoracic artery">Lateral thoracic artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd part</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Subscapular_artery" title="Subscapular artery">Subscapular artery</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scapular_anastomosis" title="Scapular anastomosis">scapular anastomosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circumflex_scapular_artery" title="Circumflex scapular artery">circumflex scapular artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thoracodorsal_artery" title="Thoracodorsal artery">thoracodorsal artery</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_humeral_circumflex_artery" title="Anterior humeral circumflex artery">anterior humeral circumflex artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_humeral_circumflex_artery" title="Posterior humeral circumflex artery">posterior humeral circumflex artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">Brachial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arm<br /><span class="nobold">before <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Profunda_brachii" class="mw-redirect" title="Profunda brachii">profunda brachii</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_artery" title="Radial collateral artery">radial collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_collateral_artery" title="Medial collateral artery">medial collateral</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>ulnar collateral</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_ulnar_collateral_artery" title="Superior ulnar collateral artery">superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_ulnar_collateral_artery" title="Inferior ulnar collateral artery">inferior</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Radial_artery" title="Radial artery">Radial artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">forearm</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_recurrent_artery" title="Radial recurrent artery">radial recurrent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">wrist/carpus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_branch_of_the_radial_artery" title="Dorsal carpal branch of the radial artery">Dorsal carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">dorsal carpal arch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_branch_of_radial_artery" title="Palmar carpal branch of radial artery">Palmar carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">hand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_branch_of_radial_artery" title="Superficial palmar branch of radial artery">Superficial palmar branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princeps_pollicis_artery" title="Princeps pollicis artery">princeps pollicis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radial_artery_of_index_finger" title="Radial artery of index finger">radialis indicis artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Median_artery" title="Median artery">Median artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Median_artery" title="Median artery">median artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_artery" title="Ulnar artery">Ulnar artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">forearm</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>ulnar recurrent</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Anterior ulnar recurrent artery">anterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Posterior ulnar recurrent artery">posterior</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_interosseous_artery" title="Common interosseous artery">common interosseous</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_interosseous_artery" title="Anterior interosseous artery">anterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_interosseous_artery" title="Posterior interosseous artery">posterior</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Interosseous_recurrent_artery" title="Interosseous recurrent artery">interosseous recurrent</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">wrist/carpus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_branch_of_the_ulnar_artery" title="Dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery">Dorsal carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">dorsal carpal arch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_branch_of_ulnar_artery" title="Palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery">Palmar carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arterial Arches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">Dorsal carpal arch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_metacarpal_arteries" title="Dorsal metacarpal arteries">dorsal metacarpal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_digital_arteries_of_hand" title="Dorsal digital arteries of hand">dorsal digital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_arch" title="Palmar carpal arch">Palmar carpal arch</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Common_palmar_digital_arteries" title="Common palmar digital arteries">common palmar digital</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proper_palmar_digital_arteries" title="Proper palmar digital arteries">proper palmar digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep palmar arch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_metacarpal_arteries" title="Palmar metacarpal arteries">palmar metacarpal</a></li></ul></li></ul> 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round ligament of uterus">round ligament</a> ♀</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deep_circumflex_iliac_artery" title="Deep circumflex iliac artery">Deep circumflex iliac</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>no major branches</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Femoral_artery" title="Femoral artery">Femoral</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In <a href="/wiki/Femoral_canal" title="Femoral canal">femoral canal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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branch</li> <li>articular branches</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deep_femoral_artery" title="Deep femoral artery">Deep femoral artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medial_circumflex_femoral_artery" title="Medial circumflex femoral artery">medial circumflex femoral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_branch_of_medial_circumflex_femoral_artery" title="Ascending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery">ascending</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Descending_branch_of_medial_circumflex_femoral_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Descending branch of medial circumflex femoral artery">descending</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_branch_of_medial_circumflex_femoral_artery" title="Superficial branch of medial circumflex femoral artery">superficial</a></li> <li><a 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title="Superior genicular arteries">superior genicular</a> (<a href="/wiki/Medial_superior_genicular_artery" title="Medial superior genicular artery">medial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lateral_superior_genicular_artery" title="Lateral superior genicular artery">lateral</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middle_genicular_artery" title="Middle genicular artery">middle genicular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_genicular_arteries" title="Inferior genicular arteries">inferior genicular</a> (<a href="/wiki/Medial_inferior_genicular_artery" title="Medial inferior genicular artery">medial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lateral_inferior_genicular_artery" title="Lateral inferior genicular artery">lateral</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sural_arteries" title="Sural arteries">Sural</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>no major branches</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Anterior_tibial_artery" title="Anterior tibial artery">Anterior tibial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>tibial recurrent <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_tibial_recurrent_artery" title="Posterior tibial recurrent artery">posterior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_tibial_recurrent_artery" title="Anterior tibial recurrent artery">anterior</a></li></ul></li> <li>anterior malleolar <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_medial_malleolar_artery" title="Anterior medial malleolar artery">medial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_lateral_malleolar_artery" title="Anterior lateral malleolar artery">lateral</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsalis_pedis_artery" title="Dorsalis pedis artery">dorsalis pedis</a>: <i>tarsal</i> (<a href="/wiki/Medial_tarsal_arteries" title="Medial tarsal arteries">medial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lateral_tarsal_artery" title="Lateral tarsal artery">lateral</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tibial-fibular_trunk" title="Tibial-fibular trunk">Tibial-fibular (Tibial-peroneal) trunk</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_tibial_artery" title="Posterior tibial artery">Posterior tibial</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Circumflex_fibular_artery" title="Circumflex fibular artery">circumflex fibular</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_plantar_artery" title="Medial plantar artery">medial plantar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_plantar_artery" title="Lateral plantar artery">lateral plantar</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fibular_artery" title="Fibular artery">fibular (peroneal)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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