Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta

Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta
Details
SourceDescending aorta
VeinEsophageal veins
SuppliesEsophagus
Identifiers
Latinrami oesophageales partis thoracicae aortae
TA98A12.2.11.003
TA24188
FMA71537
Anatomical terminology

The esophageal arteries four or five in number, arise from the front of the aorta, and pass obliquely downward to the esophagus, forming a chain of anastomoses along that tube, anastomosing with the esophageal branches of the inferior thyroid arteries above, and with ascending branches from the left inferior phrenic and left gastric arteries below. These arteries supply the middle third of the esophagus.