An artery that supplies the anterior chest wall and the breasts. 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. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_thoracic_artery ]
Synonyms: internal thoracic mammary artery
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cross reference
- MA:0001984
- EMAPA:18617
- MA:0001982
- SCTID:244239009
- Wikipedia:Internal_thoracic_artery
- EHDAA2:0000880
- EHDAA:8585
- FMA:3960
- NCIT:C52941
Subsets
uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
Subclass of:
- systemic artery
- supplies some breast
- part of some subclavian artery
- connecting branch of some subclavian artery