| arteria collateralis ulnaris superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, brachial; distribution, elbow joint; anastomoses, posterior ulnar recurrent and inferior ulnar collateral, as part of the articular vascular network of the elbow. Synonym: arteria collateralis ulnaris superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arteria epigastrica superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, the medial terminal branch of internal thoracic; distribution, abdominal muscles and integument, falciform ligament; anastomoses, inferior epigastric. Synonym: arteria epigastrica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria genus superior lateralis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, lateral circumflex femoral, third perforating, anterior tibial recurrent, lateral inferior genicular, i.e., the articular vascular network of the knee. Synonym: arteria genus superior lateralis, lateral superior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria genus superior medialis | <anatomy, artery> Origin, popliteal; distribution, knee joint; anastomoses, descending genicular, lateral superior genicular, i.e., the articular vascular network of the knee. Synonym: arteria genus superior medialis, medial superior genicular artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria glutea superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, internal iliac; distribution, gluteal region; anastomoses, lateral sacral, inferior gluteal, internal pudendal, deep circumflex iliac, lateral circumflex femoral. Synonym: arteria glutea superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria hypophysialis superior | <anatomy, artery> A small branch of the cerebral part of the internal carotid artery supplying the hypophysis. Synonym: arteria hypophysialis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria labialis superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, facial; distribution, structures of upper lip and, by a septal branch, the anterior and lower part of the nasal septum; anastomoses, the artery of the opposite side and the sphenopalatine. Synonym: arteria labialis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria laryngea superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, superior thyroid; distribution, muscles and mucous membrane of larynx; anastomoses, cricothyroid branch of superior thyroid and terminal branches of inferior laryngeal. Synonym: arteria laryngea superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria mesenterica superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, abdominal aorta; branches, inferior pancreaticoduodenal, jejunal, ileal, ileocolic, appendicular, right colic, middle colic; anastomoses, superior pancreaticoduodenal and left colic. Synonym: arteria mesenterica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria pancreaticoduodenalis superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, gastroduodenal; one of two arteries, anterior and superior; distribution, head of pancreas, duodenum, common bile duct; anastomoses, inferior pancreaticoduodenal, splenic. Synonym: arteria pancreaticoduodenalis superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria phrenica superior | <anatomy, artery> One of a pair of small arteries given off from the thoracic aorta just superior to the diaphragm; distribution, diaphragm; anastomoses, musculophrenic, pericardiacophrenic, and inferior phrenic. Synonym: arteria phrenica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria rectalis superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, inferior mesenteric; distribution, upper part of rectum; anastomoses, middle and inferior rectal. As a tributary of the portal vein, its anastomosis with these arteries forms a portosystemic or portocaval anastomosis. Synonym: arteria rectalis superior, superior haemorrhoidal artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria thoracica superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles of superior chest; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular, internal thoracic, and thoracoacromial. Synonym: arteria thoracica superior, highest thoracic artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria thyroidea superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, external carotid; branches, infrahyoid, superior laryngeal, sternocleidomastoid, cricothyroid, and two terminal branches. Synonym: arteria thyroidea superior. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arteria tympanica superior | <anatomy, artery> Origin, middle meningeal; distribution, middle ear; anastomoses, other tympanic arteries. Synonym: arteria tympanica superior. (05 Mar 2000) |