One of a group of arteries that supply the area between the ribs ('costae'), called the intercostal space. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercostal_arteries ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- UMLS:C0459917 (ncithesaurus:Intercostal_Artery)
- SCTID:281134007
- EMAPA:18753
- NCIT:C32821
- MA:0001981
- EHDAA2:0000840
- EHDAA:5307
editor note
TODO - add children. Mouse has dorsal, ventral and upper; humans have anterior, posterior; teleost has segmental
Term relations
Subclass of:
- thoracic segment blood vessel
- systemic artery
- supplies some intercostal space
- develops from some common dorsal aorta
- branching part of some thoracic aorta