Thymic branches of internal thoracic artery

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Artery: Thymic branches of internal thoracic artery
Latin	rami thymici arteriae thoracicae internae
Supplies	thymus
Source	internal thoracic artery
Vein	thymic veins
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12692317

The Thymic branches of internal thoracic artery are arteries that supply the thymus.

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• Isomura T, Hisatomi K, Hirano A, Ohishi K, Inoue O, Kato H (1992). "The internal thoracic artery and its branches after coronary artery anastomoses in pediatric patients". Journal of Cardiac Surgery 7 (3): 225–30. PMID 1392229. 

v • d • e List of arteries of torso - chest Pulmonary / coronary right coronary: SA nodal - AV nodal - atrial - right marginal - posterior interventricular left coronary: anterior interventricular - left circumflex (left marginal) Ascending aorta aortic arch - brachiocephalic (thyreoidea ima) - common carotid Subclavian internal thoracic: anterior intercostal - thymic - pericardiacophrenic - terminal (musculophrenic, superior epigastric) costocervical trunk: highest intercostal (posterior intercostal 1-2) - deep cervical Descending / thoracic aorta visceral: bronchial - esophageal - mediastinal parietal: posterior intercostal 3-11 - subcostal - superior phrenic