List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 268

The transverse cervical artery (transverse artery of neck or transversa colli artery) is an artery in the neck and a branch of the thyrocervical trunk running at a higher level […]

The ascending cervical artery is a small branch which arises from the inferior thyroid artery as that vessel is passing behind the carotid sheath; it runs up on the anterior […]

The left colic artery is a branch of the inferior mesenteric artery that runs to the left behind the peritoneum and in front of the psoas major muscle and after […]

The middle colic artery is a branch of the superior mesenteric artery that mostly supplies the transverse colon. It arises just below the pancreas and passing inferiorly and anteriorly between […]

The Right Colic Artery arises from about the middle of the concavity of the superior mesenteric artery or from a stem common to it and the ileocolic. It passes to […]

The sigmoid arteries two or three in number run obliquely downward and to the left behind the peritoneum and in front of the Psoas major ureter and internal spermatic vessels. […]

The buccal artery (buccinator artery) is a small artery in the head. It branches off the second part of the maxillary artery and supplies the cheek and buccinator muscle.

The median sacral artery (or middle sacral artery) is a small vessel which arises posterior to the abdominal aorta superior to its bifurcation. It descends in the middle line in […]

The posterior intercostal arteries are arteries that supply blood to the intercostal spaces. There are eleven posterior intercostal arteries on each side. The 1st and 2nd posterior intercostal arteries arise […]

The left gastro-omental artery (or left gastroepiploic artery) the largest branch of the splenic artery runs from left to right about a finger’s breadth or more from the greater curvature […]