List of articles in "Anatomical Structure" category - Page 269

The right gastro-omental artery (or right gastroepiploic artery) is one of the two terminal branches of the gastroduodenal artery. It runs from right to left along the greater curvature of […]

The inferior phrenic arteries are two small vessels which supply the diaphragm but present much variety in their origin.They may arise separately from the front of the aorta immediately above […]

In human anatomy the greater pancreatic artery (great pancreatic artery or arteria pancreatica magna) is the largest artery that supplies the pancreas. It arises from the splenic artery.

The supreme intercostal vein (highest intercostal vein) is a paired vein that drains the first intercostal space on its corresponding side.It usually drains into the brachiocephalic vein. It can also […]

The pterygoid plexus is a venous plexus of considerable size and is situated between the temporalis muscle and lateral pterygoid muscle and partly between the two pterygoid muscles.

The maxillary veins (internal maxillary vein in older sources) consist of a short trunk which accompanies the first part of the internal maxillary artery. It is formed by a confluence […]

The Superior Gluteal Veins (gluteal veins) are venæ comitantes of the superior gluteal artery; they receive tributaries from the buttock corresponding with the branches of the artery and enter the […]

The Inferior Gluteal Veins (sciatic veins) or venæ comitantes of the inferior gluteal artery begin on the upper part of the back of the thigh where they anastomose with the […]

The middle thyroid vein (Latin: vena thyreoidea media) collects the blood from the lower part of the thyroid gland and after being joined by some veins from the larynx and […]

The superior thyroid vein begins in the substance and on the surface of the thyroid gland by tributaries corresponding with the branches of the superior thyroid artery and ends in […]