Arteries

Aorta
- Asending aorta branches
 Right coronary artery
 Left coronary artery
- Arch of aorta:
 Brachiocephalic
--- Right subclavian
--- Right common carotid artery
 Left subclavian artery
 Left common carotid artery
- Descending aorta branches (at chest):
 Lower 9 posterior intercostals (3-11) arteries
 subcostal artery
 Bronchial arteries (right + left)
 Esophageal artery
 Pericardial artery
- Descending aorta branches (at abdomen + pelvis):
 3 anterior visceral (single)
--- Ciliac artery
--- Superior mesenteric artery
--- Inferior mesenteric artery
 3 lateral visceral (paired)
--- Renal artery
---- Suprarenal branch
---- Anterior branch (apical, upper, middle, lower branches)
---- Posterior branch
---- Ureteric branches
--- Suprarenal artery
--- Gonadal artery
 5 lateral abdominal wall (paired)
--- Inferior phrenic artery
---- Phrenic branch
---- Suprarenal branch
--- 4 lumbar arteries
 3 terminal branches
--- Right common iliac
--- Left common iliac
--- Median sacral artery
Coronary arteries:
- Right Coronary arteries
 Right marginal
--- Sinuatrial nodal branch
--- Right atrial
--- Right clonus branch
--- left atrial
 Posterior interventricular artery
--- Atrioventricular nodal branch
--- Septal branches

- Left coronary arteries

 Circumflex branches
--- left marginal
 Anterior interventricular artery
--- Left conus branch
--- Septal branches
--- Diagonal branch

Subclavian artery branches: (in left, direct from aorta. In right, from
brachiocephalic artery)
- First part:
1- Internal thoracic artery
--- (1-6) anterior intercostals arteries
--- pericardiophrenic artery
--- Superior epigastric artery
--- musculophrenic
---- (7-9) anterior intercostals arteries
---- Phrenic branch
2- Vertebral artery
--- Meningeal arteries
--- Anterior + posterior spinal arteries
--- postroinferior cerebellar artery
--- medullary arteries
- Second part
1- Costocervical trunk
--- Intercostals artery
--- Deep cervical artery
2- Superior intercostals artery
--- Posterior intercostals artery of 1st + 2nd IC spaces
3- Deep cervical artery

- Third part
1- Superficial cervical artery
2- Suprasccapular artery
Axillary artery branches: (continuation of subclavian artery, ends as brachial
artery)
- First part
1- Highest thoracic artery (superior)
- Second part
1- Thoracoacromial trunk
2- Lateral thoracic artery
- Third part
1- Subscapular artery
2- Anterior circumflex humeral artery
3- Posterior circumflex humeral artery

Brachial artery branches: (continuation of Axillary artery, ends as radial + ulnar

arteries)
1- Muscular branches (front of arm)
2- Nutrient artery to humerus
3- Profunda brachii artery
4- Superior ulnar collateral artery
5- Inferior ulnar collateral artery

Radial artery branches: (continuation of brachial ends as deep palmar arch)

1- Muscular branches (front of forearm)
2- Recurrent branch (anastomosis around elbow joint)
3- Superficial palmar branch (to join superficial palmar arch)
4- Dorsal digital arteries
 Arteria radialis indicis (to index)
 Arteria princeps pollicis (to thumb)
5- Deep palmar arch
 Branches to wrist joint
 Branches tp join the digital branches of thr r superficial palmar arch

Ulnar artery branches: (branch of brachial artery, ends as superficial palmar arch)
1- Muscular branches (front of forearm)
2- Anterior ulnar recurrent artery
3- Posterior ulnar recurrent artery
4- Common interosseous
 Anterior interosseous
--- perforating branch
 Posterior interosseous
5- Deep branch (to join deep palmar arch)
6- Superficial palmar arch
  4 digital arteries

Celiac trunk (arise from aorta at T12)

1- Left gastric artery:
--- Gives few esphogeal branches
2- Splenic artery:
--- Pancreatic branches
--- Left gastroepiploic artery
--- Short gastric arteries
--- Splenic branches
3- Common Hepatic artery:
--- Right gastric artery
--- Gastroduodenal artery:
---- Right gastroepiploic
---- Superior pancreaticoduodenal artery:
---- Posterior branch
---- Anterior branch
--- Left hepatic artery
--- Right hepatic artery:
---- Cystic artery

Superior mesenteric artery branches: (arise from aorta just below celiac artery)
1- Inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery
2- Middle colic artery (gives right + left branches)
3- Right colic artery (gives ascending + descending branches)
4- Ileocolic artery:
 Superior branch
 Inferior branch:
--- Anterior cecal arteries
--- Posterior cecal arteries:
---- appendicular artery
5- Jejuna branches (arcades)
6- Ileal branches (arcades)

Inferior mesenteric artery branches: (arise from aorta before its bifurcation by 3.8
cm)
1- Left colic artery (gives ascending + descending branches)
2- Sigmoid arteries
3- Superior rectal artery
External iliac artery: (branch of common iliac artery)
- deep circumflex iliac artery
- inferior epigastric artery
--- Pubic branch
--- cremastric artery

Internal iliac artery: (branch of common iliac artery)

- Anterior division branches
 Umbilical artery
--- Superior vesical artery
 Obturator artery
 Inferior vesicle artery
--- Artery to vas deference
 Middle rectal artery
 Internal pudendal artery
--- Inferior rectal artery
--- Deep artery of penis
--- Dorsal artery of penis
--- Urethral
--- Perineal
--- Artery to bulb
 Inferior gluteal artery
 Uterine artery
 Vaginal artery
- Posterior division branches:
 Iliolumbar artery (lumbar + iliac branches)
 Lateral sacral arteries
 Superior gluteal artery (superficial + deep branches)

Femoral artery: (continuation of external iliac artery)

- Superficial branches
1- Superficial circumflex iliac artery
2- Superficial epigastric artery
3- Superficial external pudendal artery
- Deep branches
1- Profunda femoris artery
--- Medial femoral circumflex
--- Lateral femoral circumflex
 --- The perforating arteries
--- ends as 4th perforating artery
2- Descending genicular artery

Popliteal artery (continuation of femoral artery)

- Muscular branches
- Articular branches
 Superior medial genicular artery
 Superior lateral genicular artery
 Inferior medial genicular artery
 Inferior lateral genicular artery
 Middle genicular artery
- Terminal
 Anterior tibial artery
 Posterior tibial artery
- Sural artery

Anterior tibial artery (anterior compartment of the leg)

- Muscular branches
- Anastomotic branches (around knee, ankle, joints)
- Ends as dorsalis pedis artery:
--- Lateral tarsal artery
--- arcuate artery
--- First dorsal metatarsal artery

Posterior tibial artery (posterior compartment of leg)

1- Peroneal artery
 Muscular branches (to lateral compartment)
 Nutrient arteries to fibula
 Perforating branches
2- Muscular branches (to posterior compartment)
3- Nutrient arteries to tibia
4- Anastomotic branches
5- Medial + lateral planter arteries

Done by
Dr.Wala’a Gholam
Hnbaby
2007