DIAPHRAGMATIC OR PHRENIC ARTERIES
\dˌa͡ɪəfɹɐɡmˈatɪk ɔː fɹˈɛnɪk ˈɑːtəɹiz], \dˌaɪəfɹɐɡmˈatɪk ɔː fɹˈɛnɪk ˈɑːtəɹiz], \d_ˌaɪ_ə_f_ɹ_ɐ_ɡ_m_ˈa_t_ɪ_k ɔː f_ɹ_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_k ˈɑː_t_ə_ɹ_i_z]\
Definitions of DIAPHRAGMATIC OR PHRENIC ARTERIES
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These are distinguished into superior and inferior. The former, called, also, supradiaphragmatic, are two in number, one on each side. They arise from the internal mammary, and descend along the phrenic nerve, to be distributed on the upper surface of the diaphragm. The latter or infradiaphragmatic are also two in number. They arise from the upper part of the abdominal aorta, or from the coeliao artery, and divide into two principal branches, which are distributed on the lower surface of the diaphragm and in its substance. The superior diaphragmatic veins follow the same course as the arteries, and empty themselves the- the right, into the vena cava superior; the left, into the corresponding subclavian vein. The two inferior diaphragmatic veins open into the vena cava inferior.
By Robley Dunglison
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