Internal thoracic artery

Internal thoracic artery
Right internal thoracic artery and its branches (labeled under its old name the Internal mammary artery, at upper right).
Details
SourceSubclavian artery
BranchesPericardiocophrenic
Anterior intercostal branches
Musculophrenic
Superior epigastric
Perforating branches
VeinInternal thoracic vein
Identifiers
Latinarteria thoracica interna, arteria mammaria interna
MeSHD008323
TA98A12.2.08.029
TA24576
FMA3960
Anatomical terminology

The internal thoracic artery (ITA), also known as the internal mammary artery, is an artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts.[1] It is a paired artery, with one running along each side of the sternum, to continue after its bifurcation as the superior epigastric and musculophrenic arteries.

  1. ^ Kramer, R. S.; Morton, J. R.; Groom, R. C.; Robaczewski, D. L. (2018-01-01), "Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting", in Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Sawyer, Douglas B. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Cardiovascular Research and Medicine, Oxford: Elsevier, pp. 700–729, doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-809657-4.99754-0, ISBN 978-0-12-805154-2, retrieved 2020-11-12