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href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%8B%A8%E1%8B%B0%E1%88%9D_%E1%89%A7%E1%8A%95%E1%89%A7" title="የደም ቧንቧ – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="የደም ቧንቧ" data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%88%D9%8A" title="وعاء دموي – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="وعاء دموي" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaso_sanguinio" title="Vaso sanguinio – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Vaso sanguinio" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ৰক্তবাহিকা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৰক্তবাহিকা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qan_damarlar%C4%B1" title="Qan damarları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qan damarları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="قان داماری – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قان داماری" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9" title="রক্তবাহ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="রক্তবাহ" 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/Hoeh-k%C5%84g" title="Hoeh-kńg – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hoeh-kńg" 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/%D2%A0%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%80%D2%99%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Ҡан тамырҙары – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Ҡан тамырҙары" 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%9A%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Крывяносныя сасуды – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Крывяносныя сасуды" 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%9A%D1%80%D1%8A%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%B4" title="Кръвоносен съд – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кръвоносен съд" 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/Krvni_sud" title="Krvni sud – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Krvni sud" 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/Vas_sanguini" title="Vas sanguini – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Vas sanguini" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BD_%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%C4%95" title="Юн тымарĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Юн тымарĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubhu_dzinotakura_ropa" title="Chubhu dzinotakura ropa – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Chubhu dzinotakura ropa" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwaedlestr" title="Gwaedlestr – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gwaedlestr" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blod%C3%A5re" title="Blodåre – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Blodåre" 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/Blutgef%C3%A4%C3%9F" title="Blutgefäß – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Blutgefäß" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%8D%DE%AD%DE%80%DE%AE%DE%85%DE%A8" title="ލޭހޮޅި – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ލޭހޮޅި" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veresoon" title="Veresoon – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Veresoon" 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%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%86%CF%8C%CF%81%CE%BF_%CE%B1%CE%B3%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BF" title="Αιμοφόρο αγγείο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αιμοφόρο αγγείο" 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/Vaso_sangu%C3%ADneo" title="Vaso sanguíneo – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Vaso sanguíneo" 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/Sanga_vaskulo" title="Sanga vaskulo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Sanga vaskulo" 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/Odol-hodi" title="Odol-hodi – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Odol-hodi" 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%B1%DA%AF_%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C" title="رگ خونی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="رگ خونی" 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/Vaisseau_sanguin" title="Vaisseau sanguin – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Vaisseau sanguin" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloedfet" title="Bloedfet – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Bloedfet" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuilead%C3%A1in" title="Fuileadáin – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Fuileadáin" 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/Vaso_sangu%C3%ADneo" title="Vaso sanguíneo – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Vaso sanguíneo" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Миаш – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Миаш" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%88%EA%B4%80" title="혈관 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="혈관" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tashohin_jini" title="Tashohin jini – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Tashohin jini" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%A9%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Արյունատար անոթներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արյունատար անոթներ" 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%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE" title="रक्त वाहिका – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="रक्त वाहिका" 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/Krvna_%C5%BEila" title="Krvna žila – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Krvna žila" 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/Vaskulo" title="Vaskulo – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Vaskulo" 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_darah" title="Pembuluh darah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pembuluh darah" 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/Vaso_sanguinee" title="Vaso sanguinee – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Vaso sanguinee" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xh mw-list-item"><a href="https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imibhobho_yokuhamba_kwegazi" title="Imibhobho yokuhamba kwegazi – Xhosa" lang="xh" hreflang="xh" data-title="Imibhobho yokuhamba kwegazi" data-language-autonym="IsiXhosa" data-language-local-name="Xhosa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiXhosa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86%C3%B0" title="Æð – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Æð" 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/Vaso_sanguigno" title="Vaso sanguigno – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Vaso sanguigno" 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%9B%D7%9C%D7%99_%D7%93%D7%9D" title="כלי דם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="כלי דם" 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/Pembuluh_Darah" title="Pembuluh Darah – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Pembuluh Darah" 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%A7%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF" title="ಧಮನಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಧಮನಿ" 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%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9A%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A6%E1%83%95%E1%83%98" title="სისხლძარღვი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სისხლძარღვი" 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%AE%D9%88%D9%97%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8E%DA%AF%DB%81%D9%95" title="خوٗن رَگہٕ – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="خوٗن رَگہٕ" 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/%D2%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Қантамырлар – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Қантамырлар" 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/Mishipa_ya_damu" title="Mishipa ya damu – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mishipa ya damu" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BBleya_xw%C3%AEn%C3%AA" title="Lûleya xwînê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Lûleya xwînê" 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%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Кан тамырлар – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Кан тамырлар" 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/Vas_sanguineum" title="Vas sanguineum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vas sanguineum" 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/Asinsvadi" title="Asinsvadi – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Asinsvadi" 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/Bluttgef%C3%A4%C3%A4ss" title="Bluttgefääss – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Bluttgefääss" 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/Kraujagysl%C4%97" title="Kraujagyslė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kraujagyslė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodvaat" title="Bloodvaat – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Bloodvaat" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsis%C3%A1_(nz%C3%B3to)" title="Monsisá (nzóto) – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="Monsisá (nzóto)" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9red%C3%A9ny" title="Véredény – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Véredény" 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%9A%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B4" title="Крвен сад – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Крвен сад" 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%B0%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B4%E0%B5%BD" title="രക്തക്കുഴൽ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="രക്തക്കുഴൽ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembuluh_darah" title="Pembuluh darah – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Pembuluh darah" 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-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pambuluah_darah" title="Pambuluah darah – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Pambuluah darah" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloedvat" title="Bloedvat – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Bloedvat" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80" title="रक्तनली – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="रक्तनली" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%82" title="हिनू – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="हिनू" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%80%E7%AE%A1" title="血管 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="血管" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blod%C3%A5re" title="Blodåre – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Blodåre" 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/Blod%C3%A5re" title="Blodåre – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Blodåre" 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-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ujummoo_dhiigaa" title="Ujummoo dhiigaa – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Ujummoo dhiigaa" 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/Qon_tomirlari" title="Qon tomirlari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Qon tomirlari" 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%B2%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%82_%E0%A8%A8%E0%A8%BE%E0%A9%9C" title="ਲਹੂ ਨਾੜ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲਹੂ ਨਾੜ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%91" title="ناڑ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="ناڑ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%90_%D8%B1%DA%AB" title="د وینې رګ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د وینې رګ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodfatt" title="Bloodfatt – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Bloodfatt" 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/Naczynie_krwiono%C5%9Bne" title="Naczynie krwionośne – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Naczynie krwionośne" 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/Vaso_sangu%C3%ADneo" title="Vaso sanguíneo – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Vaso sanguíneo" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ooch" title="Ooch – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Ooch" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas_sangvin" title="Vas sangvin – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Vas sangvin" 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/Sirk%27a" title="Sirk'a – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="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%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="Кровеносные сосуды – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кровеносные сосуды" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%BD" title="Тымырдарынын – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Тымырдарынын" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluid_veshel" title="Bluid veshel – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Bluid veshel" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%C3%ABt_e_gjakut" title="Enët e gjakut – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Enët e gjakut" 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/Blood_vessel" title="Blood vessel – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Blood vessel" 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-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krvna_%C5%BEila" title="Krvna žila – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Krvna žila" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xidid" title="Xidid – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Xidid" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</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%86%DA%95%DB%8C" title="خوێنبۆڕی – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="خوێنبۆڕی" 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%9A%D1%80%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B4" title="Крвни суд – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Крвни суд" 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/Krvni_sudovi" title="Krvni sudovi – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Krvni sudovi" 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/Verisuoni" title="Verisuoni – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Verisuoni" 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/Blodk%C3%A4rl" title="Blodkärl – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Blodkärl" 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/Ugat_na_pandugo" title="Ugat na pandugo – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Ugat na pandugo" 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%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B4%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D" title="குருதிக்குழல் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="குருதிக்குழல்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Кан тамырлары – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Кан тамырлары" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%A4%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B3%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81" title="రక్తనాళాలు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="రక్తనాళాలు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Tubular structure carrying blood</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Blood_vessel_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Blood vessel (disambiguation)">Blood vessel (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output 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.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">Blood vessel</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Blood_vessels_(retouched)_-en.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Blood_vessels_%28retouched%29_-en.svg/250px-Blood_vessels_%28retouched%29_-en.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="172" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Blood_vessels_%28retouched%29_-en.svg/375px-Blood_vessels_%28retouched%29_-en.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Blood_vessels_%28retouched%29_-en.svg/500px-Blood_vessels_%28retouched%29_-en.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="496" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Diagram blood vessels</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>vas sanguineum</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=D001808">D001808</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/12.0.00.001%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A12.0.00.001</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=3895">3895</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%2Ffma63183">63183</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/Q988343" class="extiw" title="d:Q988343">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Blood vessels</b> are the tubular structures of a <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">circulatory system</a> that transport <a href="/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a> throughout a <a href="/wiki/Vertebrate" title="Vertebrate">vertebrate</a>'s body.<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> Blood vessels transport <a href="/wiki/Blood_cell" title="Blood cell">blood cells</a>, nutrients, and oxygen to most of the <a href="/wiki/Tissue_(biology)" title="Tissue (biology)">tissues</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Body_(biology)" title="Body (biology)">body</a>. They also take waste and carbon dioxide away from the tissues.<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> Some tissues such as <a href="/wiki/Cartilage" title="Cartilage">cartilage</a>, <a href="/wiki/Epithelium" title="Epithelium">epithelium</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Lens_(anatomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lens (anatomy)">lens</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cornea" title="Cornea">cornea</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Eye" title="Eye">eye</a> are not supplied with blood vessels and are termed <i>avascular</i>. </p><p>There are five types of blood vessels: the <a href="/wiki/Arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Arteries">arteries</a>, which carry the blood away from the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Arteriole" title="Arteriole">arterioles</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">capillaries</a>, where the exchange of water and chemicals between the blood and the tissues occurs; the <a href="/wiki/Venule" title="Venule">venules</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">veins</a>, which carry blood from the capillaries back towards the heart. </p><p>The word <i>vascular</i>, is derived from the Latin <i>vas</i>, meaning <i>vessel</i>, and is mostly used in relation to blood vessels. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>artery</b> – late Middle English; from Latin <i>arteria</i>, from Greek <i>artēria</i>, probably from <i>airein</i> ("raise").<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>vein</b> – Middle English; from Old French <i>veine</i>, from Latin <i>vena</i>.<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></li> <li><b>capillary</b> – mid-17th century; from Latin <i>capillaris</i>, from <i>capillus</i> ("hair"), influenced by Old French <i>capillaire</i>.<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></li></ul> <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=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The arteries and veins have three layers. The middle layer is thicker in the arteries than it is in the veins:<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The inner layer, <i><a href="/wiki/Tunica_intima" title="Tunica intima">tunica intima</a></i>, is the thinnest layer. It is a single layer of flat cells (<a href="/wiki/Simple_squamous_epithelium" title="Simple squamous epithelium">simple squamous epithelium</a>) glued by a <a href="/wiki/Polysaccharide" title="Polysaccharide">polysaccharide</a> intercellular matrix, surrounded by a thin layer of subendothelial <a href="/wiki/Connective_tissue" title="Connective tissue">connective tissue</a> interlaced with a number of circularly arranged elastic bands called the <i><a href="/wiki/Internal_elastic_lamina" title="Internal elastic lamina">internal elastic lamina</a></i>. A thin membrane of elastic fibers in the tunica intima run parallel to the vessel.</li> <li>The middle layer of <i><a href="/wiki/Tunica_media" title="Tunica media">tunica media</a></i> is the thickest layer in arteries. It consists of circularly arranged elastic fiber, connective tissue and polysaccharide substances; the second and third layer are separated by another thick elastic band called <i>external elastic lamina</i>.<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> The tunica media may (especially in arteries) be rich in <a href="/wiki/Vascular_smooth_muscle" title="Vascular smooth muscle">vascular smooth muscle</a>, which controls the caliber of the vessel. Veins do not have the external elastic lamina, but only an internal one. The tunica media is thicker in the arteries rather than the veins.</li> <li>The outer layer is the <i><a href="/wiki/Tunica_adventitia" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunica adventitia">tunica adventitia</a></i> and the thickest layer in veins. It is entirely made of connective tissue. It also contains <a href="/wiki/Nerve" title="Nerve">nerves</a> that supply the vessel as well as nutrient capillaries (<a href="/wiki/Vasa_vasorum" title="Vasa vasorum">vasa vasorum</a>) in the larger blood vessels.</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Capillaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Capillaries">Capillaries</a> consist of a single layer of <a href="/wiki/Endothelial_cell" class="mw-redirect" title="Endothelial cell">endothelial cells</a> with a supporting subendothelium consisting of a <a href="/wiki/Basement_membrane" title="Basement membrane">basement membrane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Connective_tissue" title="Connective tissue">connective tissue</a>. When blood vessels connect to form a region of diffuse vascular supply, it is called an <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_anastomosis" title="Circulatory anastomosis">anastomosis</a>. Anastomoses provide alternative routes for blood to flow through in case of blockages. Veins can have <a href="/wiki/Vein#Venous_valves" title="Vein">valves</a> that prevent the <a href="/wiki/Regurgitation_(circulation)" title="Regurgitation (circulation)">backflow of the blood</a> that was being pumped against gravity by the surrounding muscles.<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> In humans, arteries do not have valves except for the two 'arteries' that originate from the heart's ventricles.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Early estimates by Danish physiologist <a href="/wiki/August_Krogh" title="August Krogh">August Krogh</a> suggested that the total length of capillaries in human muscles could reach approximately 100,000 kilometres (62,000 mi). (assuming an ideal human body, like that of a <a href="/wiki/Bodybuilder" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodybuilder">bodybuilder</a>)<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> However, later studies suggest a more conservative figure of 9,000–19,000 kilometres (5,600–11,800 mi) taking into account updated capillary density and average muscle mass in adults.<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> Despite these later studies, many textbooks or other types of media include Krogh's estimates as a fun fact as opposed to the more recent studies.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Types">Types</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are various kinds of blood vessels:<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> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">Arteries</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elastic_artery" title="Elastic artery">Elastic arteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distributing_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Distributing artery">Distributing arteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arteriole" title="Arteriole">Arterioles</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capillary" title="Capillary">Capillaries</a> (smallest type of blood vessels)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venule" title="Venule">Venules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">Veins</a> <ul><li>Large collecting vessels, such as the <a href="/wiki/Subclavian_vein" title="Subclavian vein">subclavian vein</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Jugular_vein" title="Jugular vein">jugular vein</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Renal_vein" title="Renal vein">renal vein</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Iliac_vein" title="Iliac vein">iliac vein</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venae_cavae" title="Venae cavae">Venae cavae</a> (the two largest veins, carry blood into the heart).</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capillary#Sinusoidal" title="Capillary">Sinusoids</a> <ul><li>Extremely small vessels located within bone marrow, the spleen and the liver.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>They are roughly grouped as "arterial" and "venous", determined by whether the blood in it is flowing <i>away from</i> (arterial) or <i>toward</i> (venous) the <a href="/wiki/Heart" title="Heart">heart</a>. The term "arterial blood" is nevertheless used to indicate blood high in <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">oxygen</a>, although the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" title="Pulmonary artery">pulmonary artery</a> carries "venous blood" and blood flowing in the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_vein" title="Pulmonary vein">pulmonary vein</a> is rich in oxygen. This is because they are carrying the blood to and from the lungs, respectively, to be oxygenated.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</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=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Function"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">Circulatory system</a></div> <p>Blood vessels function to transport <a href="/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a> to an animal's body tissues. In general, arteries and arterioles transport oxygenated blood from the lungs to the body and its <a href="/wiki/Organ_(anatomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Organ (anatomy)">organs</a>, and veins and venules transport deoxygenated blood from the body to the lungs. Blood vessels also circulate blood throughout the <a href="/wiki/Circulatory_system" title="Circulatory system">circulatory system</a>. <a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">Oxygen</a> (bound to <a href="/wiki/Hemoglobin" title="Hemoglobin">hemoglobin</a> in <a href="/wiki/Red_blood_cell" title="Red blood cell">red blood cells</a>) is the most critical nutrient carried by the blood. In all arteries apart from the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" title="Pulmonary artery">pulmonary artery</a>, hemoglobin is <a href="/wiki/Oxygen_saturation_(medicine)" title="Oxygen saturation (medicine)">highly saturated</a> (95–100%) with oxygen. In all veins, apart from the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_vein" title="Pulmonary vein">pulmonary vein</a>, the saturation of <a href="/wiki/Hemoglobin" title="Hemoglobin">hemoglobin</a> is about 75%.<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><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> (The values are reversed in the <a href="/wiki/Pulmonary_circulation" title="Pulmonary circulation">pulmonary circulation</a>.) In addition to carrying oxygen, blood also carries <a href="/wiki/Hormone" title="Hormone">hormones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nutrient" title="Nutrient">nutrients</a> to the cells of a body and removes <a href="/wiki/Metabolic_waste" title="Metabolic waste">waste products</a>.<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> </p><p>Blood vessels do not actively engage in the transport of blood (they have no appreciable <a href="/wiki/Peristalsis" title="Peristalsis">peristalsis</a>). Blood is propelled through arteries and arterioles through pressure generated by the <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_cycle" title="Cardiac cycle">heartbeat</a>.<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> Blood vessels also transport red blood cells. <a href="/wiki/Hematocrit" title="Hematocrit">Hematocrit tests</a> can be performed to calculate the proportion of red blood cells in the blood. Higher proportions result in conditions such as dehydration or heart disease, while lower proportions could lead to <a href="/wiki/Anemia" title="Anemia">anemia</a> and long-term blood loss.<sup id="cite_ref-mayoclinic.org_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mayoclinic.org-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Permeability of the <a href="/wiki/Endothelium" title="Endothelium">endothelium</a> is pivotal in the release of nutrients to the tissue. It is also increased in <a href="/wiki/Inflammation" title="Inflammation">inflammation</a> in response to <a href="/wiki/Histamine" title="Histamine">histamine</a>,<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> <a href="/wiki/Prostaglandin" title="Prostaglandin">prostaglandins</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Interleukin" title="Interleukin">interleukins</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which leads to most of the symptoms of inflammation (swelling, redness, warmth and pain). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constriction">Constriction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Constriction"><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/Vasoconstriction" title="Vasoconstriction">Vasoconstriction</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microvessel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Microvessel.jpg/220px-Microvessel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Microvessel.jpg/330px-Microvessel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Microvessel.jpg/440px-Microvessel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="455" data-file-height="458" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Transmission_electron_micrograph" class="mw-redirect" title="Transmission electron micrograph">Transmission electron micrograph</a> of a <a href="/wiki/Microvessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Microvessel">microvessel</a> displaying an <a href="/wiki/Erythrocyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Erythrocyte">erythrocyte</a> (E) within its <a href="/wiki/Lumen_(anatomy)" title="Lumen (anatomy)">lumen</a> which is deformed due to vasoconstriction</figcaption></figure> <p>Arteries—and veins to a degree—can regulate their inner diameter by contraction of the muscular layer. This changes the blood flow to downstream organs and is determined by the <a href="/wiki/Autonomic_nervous_system" title="Autonomic nervous system">autonomic nervous system</a>. Vasodilation and vasoconstriction are also used antagonistically as methods of <a href="/wiki/Thermoregulation" title="Thermoregulation">thermoregulation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The size of blood vessels is different for each of them. It ranges from a diameter of about 30–25 millimeters for the <a href="/wiki/Aorta" title="Aorta">aorta</a><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to only about 5 micrometers (0,005<span class="nowrap"> </span>mm) for the capillaries.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vasoconstriction is the constriction of blood vessels (narrowing, becoming smaller in cross-sectional area) by contracting the <a href="/wiki/Vascular_smooth_muscle" title="Vascular smooth muscle">vascular smooth muscle</a> in the vessel walls. It is regulated by <a href="/wiki/Vasoconstrictor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vasoconstrictor">vasoconstrictors</a> (agents that cause vasoconstriction). These can include <a href="/wiki/Paracrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Paracrine">paracrine</a> factors (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Prostaglandin" title="Prostaglandin">prostaglandins</a>), a number of <a href="/wiki/Hormone" title="Hormone">hormones</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Antidiuretic_hormone" class="mw-redirect" title="Antidiuretic hormone">vasopressin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Angiotensin" title="Angiotensin">angiotensin</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and <a href="/wiki/Neurotransmitter" title="Neurotransmitter">neurotransmitters</a> (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Epinephrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Epinephrine">epinephrine</a>) from the nervous system. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vasodilation" title="Vasodilation">Vasodilation</a> is a similar process mediated by antagonistically acting mediators. The most prominent vasodilator is <a href="/wiki/Nitric_oxide" title="Nitric oxide">nitric oxide</a> (termed <a href="/wiki/Endothelium-derived_relaxing_factor" title="Endothelium-derived relaxing factor">endothelium-derived relaxing factor</a> for this reason).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flow">Flow</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Flow"><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/Vascular_resistance" title="Vascular resistance">Vascular resistance</a></div> <p>The circulatory system uses the channel of blood vessels to deliver blood to all parts of the body. This is a result of the <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_cycle" title="Cardiac cycle">left and right sides of the heart working together</a> to allow blood to flow continuously to the lungs and other parts of the body. Oxygen-poor blood enters the right side of the heart through two large veins. Oxygen-rich blood from the lungs enters through the pulmonary veins on the left side of the heart into the aorta and then reaches the rest of the body. The capillaries are responsible for allowing the blood to receive oxygen through tiny air sacs in the lungs. This is also the site where carbon dioxide exits the blood. This all occurs in the lungs where blood is oxygenated.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The blood pressure in blood vessels is traditionally expressed in <a href="/wiki/Torr" title="Torr">millimetres of mercury</a> (1 mmHg = 133 <a href="/wiki/Pascal_(unit)" title="Pascal (unit)">Pa</a>). In the arterial system, this is usually around 120 mmHg <a href="/wiki/Systole_(medicine)" class="mw-redirect" title="Systole (medicine)">systolic</a> (high pressure wave due to contraction of the heart) and 80 mmHg <a href="/wiki/Diastolic" class="mw-redirect" title="Diastolic">diastolic</a> (low pressure wave). In contrast, pressures in the venous system are constant and rarely exceed 10 mmHg.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Vascular_resistance" title="Vascular resistance">Vascular resistance</a> occurs when the vessels away from the heart oppose the flow of blood. Resistance is an accumulation of three different factors: blood viscosity, blood vessel length and vessel radius.<sup id="cite_ref-Saladin_2012_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saladin_2012-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Blood viscosity is the thickness of the blood and its resistance to flow as a result of the different components of the blood. Blood is 92% water by weight and the rest of blood is composed of protein, nutrients, electrolytes, wastes, and dissolved gases. Depending on the health of an individual, the blood viscosity can vary (i.e., anemia causing relatively lower concentrations of protein, high blood pressure an increase in dissolved salts or lipids, etc.).<sup id="cite_ref-Saladin_2012_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saladin_2012-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Vessel length is the total length of the vessel measured as the distance away from the heart. As the total length of the vessel increases, the total resistance as a result of friction will increase.<sup id="cite_ref-Saladin_2012_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saladin_2012-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vessel radius also affects the total resistance as a result of contact with the vessel wall. As the radius of the wall gets smaller, the proportion of the blood making contact with the wall will increase. The greater amount of contact with the wall will increase the total resistance against the blood flow.<sup id="cite_ref-Vessel_Radius_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Vessel_Radius-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Disease">Disease</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Disease"><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/Vascular_disease" title="Vascular disease">Vascular disease</a></div> <p>Blood vessels play a huge role in virtually every medical condition. <a href="/wiki/Cancer" title="Cancer">Cancer</a>, for example, cannot progress unless the tumor causes <a href="/wiki/Angiogenesis" title="Angiogenesis">angiogenesis</a> (formation of new blood vessels) to supply the malignant cells' metabolic demand.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Atherosclerosis" title="Atherosclerosis">Atherosclerosis</a> represents around 85% of all deaths from <a href="/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease" title="Cardiovascular disease">cardiovascular diseases</a> due to the buildup of <a href="/wiki/Atheroma" title="Atheroma">plaque</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Coronary_artery_disease" title="Coronary artery disease">Coronary artery disease</a> that often follows after atherosclerosis can cause <a href="/wiki/Myocardial_infarction" title="Myocardial infarction">heart attacks</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cardiac_arrest" title="Cardiac arrest">cardiac arrest</a>, resulting in 370,000 worldwide deaths in 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, around 17.9 million people died from cardiovascular diseases. Of these deaths, around 85% of them were due to heart attack and stroke.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Blood vessel permeability is increased in <a href="/wiki/Inflammation" title="Inflammation">inflammation</a>. Damage, due to <a href="/wiki/Physical_trauma" class="mw-redirect" title="Physical trauma">trauma</a> or spontaneously, may lead to <a href="/wiki/Hemorrhage" class="mw-redirect" title="Hemorrhage">hemorrhage</a> due to mechanical damage to the vessel <a href="/wiki/Endothelium" title="Endothelium">endothelium</a>. In contrast, occlusion of the blood vessel by <a href="/wiki/Atheroma" title="Atheroma">atherosclerotic plaque</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Embolism" title="Embolism">embolised</a> <a href="/wiki/Blood_clot" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood clot">blood clot</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Foreign_body" title="Foreign body">foreign body</a> leads to downstream <a href="/wiki/Ischemia" title="Ischemia">ischemia</a> (insufficient blood supply) and possibly <a href="/wiki/Infarction" title="Infarction">infarction</a> (<a href="/wiki/Necrosis" title="Necrosis">necrosis</a> due to <a href="/wiki/Ischemia" title="Ischemia">lack of blood supply</a>). Vessel occlusion tends to be a positive feedback system; an occluded vessel creates <a href="/wiki/Eddy_(fluid_dynamics)" title="Eddy (fluid dynamics)">eddies</a> in the normally <a href="/wiki/Laminar_flow" title="Laminar flow">laminar flow</a> or <a href="/wiki/Plug_flow" title="Plug flow">plug flow</a> blood currents. These eddies create abnormal fluid velocity gradients which push blood elements, such as cholesterol or <a href="/wiki/Chylomicron" title="Chylomicron">chylomicron</a> bodies, to the endothelium. These deposit onto the arterial walls which are already partially occluded and build upon the blockage.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most common disease of the blood vessels is <a href="/wiki/Hypertension" title="Hypertension">hypertension</a> or high blood pressure. This is caused by an increase in the pressure of the blood flowing through the vessels. Hypertension can lead to heart failure and stroke. Aspirin helps prevent blood clots and can also help limit inflammation.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Vasculitis" title="Vasculitis">Vasculitis</a> is inflammation of the vessel wall due to <a href="/wiki/Autoimmune_disease" title="Autoimmune disease">autoimmune disease</a> or <a href="/wiki/Infection" title="Infection">infection</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Blood_vessel&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFShea" class="citation web cs1">Shea MJ. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150424010730/https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/heart-and-blood-vessel-disorders/biology-of-the-heart-and-blood-vessels/blood-vessels">"Blood Vessels – Heart and Blood Vessel Disorders"</a>. <i>Merck Manuals Consumer Version</i>. 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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" 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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" 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href="/wiki/Perforating_branches_of_internal_thoracic_artery" title="Perforating branches of internal thoracic artery">Perforating branches</a></li> <li><i>terminal</i> (<a href="/wiki/Musculophrenic_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Musculophrenic artery">Musculophrenic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Superior_epigastric_artery" title="Superior epigastric 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" title="Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta">Esophageal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediastinal_branches_of_thoracic_part_of_aorta" title="Mediastinal branches of thoracic part of aorta">Mediastinal</a></li></ul> <ul><li><i>parietal:</i> <a href="/wiki/Posterior_intercostal_arteries" class="mw-redirect" title="Posterior intercostal arteries">Posterior intercostal 3–11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subcostal_arteries" title="Subcostal arteries">Subcostal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_phrenic_arteries" title="Superior phrenic arteries">Superior phrenic</a></li></ul> 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inferior_phrenic_arteries" title="Inferior phrenic arteries">Inferior phrenic</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_suprarenal_artery" title="Superior suprarenal artery">Superior suprarenal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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 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artery">superior pancreaticoduodenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supraduodenal_artery" title="Supraduodenal artery">supraduodenal</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Splenic_artery" title="Splenic artery">Splenic</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/Pancreatic_branches_of_splenic_artery" title="Pancreatic branches of splenic artery">Pancreatic branches</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Greater_pancreatic_artery" title="Greater pancreatic artery">greater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_pancreatic_artery" title="Dorsal pancreatic artery">dorsal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_gastric_arteries" title="Short gastric arteries">Short gastrics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Left_gastroepiploic_artery" title="Left gastroepiploic artery">Left gastroepiploic</a></li></ul> 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href="/wiki/Colic_branch_of_ileocolic_artery" title="Colic branch of ileocolic artery">colic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_cecal_artery" title="Anterior cecal artery">anterior cecal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_cecal_artery" title="Posterior cecal artery">posterior cecal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ileal_branch_of_ileocolic_artery" title="Ileal branch of ileocolic artery">ileal branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appendicular_artery" 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 navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_suprarenal_artery" title="Inferior suprarenal artery">Inferior suprarenal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ureteral_branches_of_renal_artery" title="Ureteral branches of renal artery">Ureteral</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gonadal_artery" title="Gonadal artery">Gonadal</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/Testicular_artery" title="Testicular artery">Testicular artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ovarian_artery" title="Ovarian artery">Ovarian artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lumbar_arteries" title="Lumbar arteries">Lumbar</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_arteries" title="Lumbar arteries">Lumbar arteries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inferior_mesenteric_artery" title="Inferior mesenteric artery">Inferior mesenteric</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/Left_colic_artery" title="Left colic artery">Left colic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marginal_artery_of_the_colon" title="Marginal artery of the colon">Marginal</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sigmoid_arteries" title="Sigmoid arteries">Sigmoid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_rectal_artery" title="Superior rectal artery">Superior rectal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Common_iliac_artery" title="Common iliac artery">Common 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%"><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" aria-labelledby="Arteries_of_the_human_arm" 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 rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Shoulderbefore_teres_minor" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shoulder<br /><span class="nobold">before teres minor</span></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</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_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> </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_human_leg" 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 rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Arteries_of_lower_limbs" title="Template:Arteries of lower limbs"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Arteries_of_lower_limbs" title="Template talk:Arteries of lower limbs"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Arteries_of_lower_limbs" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Arteries of lower limbs"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Arteries_of_the_human_leg" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Artery" title="Artery">Arteries</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Human_leg" title="Human leg">human leg</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Inferior_epigastric_artery" title="Inferior epigastric artery">Inferior epigastric</a></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/Cremasteric_artery" title="Cremasteric artery">cremasteric</a> ♂ / <a href="/wiki/Artery_of_round_ligament_of_uterus" title="Artery of 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 style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_epigastric_artery" title="Superficial epigastric artery">superficial epigastric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_circumflex_iliac_artery" title="Superficial circumflex iliac artery">superficial circumflex iliac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_external_pudendal_artery" title="Superficial external pudendal artery">superficial external pudendal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deep_external_pudendal_artery" title="Deep external pudendal artery">deep external pudendal</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anterior_scrotal_arteries" title="Anterior scrotal arteries">anterior scrotal</a> ♂</li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Descending_genicular_artery" title="Descending genicular artery">Descending genicular</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>saphenous 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 href="/wiki/Deep_branch_of_medial_circumflex_femoral_artery" title="Deep branch of medial circumflex femoral artery">deep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acetabular_branch_of_medial_circumflex_femoral_artery" title="Acetabular branch of medial circumflex femoral artery">acetabular</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lateral_circumflex_femoral_artery" title="Lateral circumflex femoral artery">lateral circumflex femoral</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Descending_branch_of_lateral_circumflex_femoral_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Descending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery">descending</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transverse_branch_of_lateral_circumflex_femoral_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Transverse branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery">transverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ascending_branch_of_lateral_circumflex_femoral_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascending branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery">ascending</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perforating_arteries" title="Perforating arteries">perforating</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cruciate_anastomosis" title="Cruciate anastomosis">Cruciate anastomosis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trochanteric_anastomosis" title="Trochanteric anastomosis">Trochanteric 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/Popliteal_artery" title="Popliteal artery">Popliteal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 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