Medical Definition of Internal thoracic artery
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Origin, subclavian; branches, pericardiacophrenic, anterior intercostal, sternal, mediastinal, thymic, bronchial, muscular, and perforating branches, and bifurcates into the musculophrenic and superior epigastric.
Synonym: arteria thoracica interna, arteria mammaria interna, internal mammary artery.
(05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Internal Thoracic Artery
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