In anatomy, arterial tree is used to refer to all arteries and/or the branching pattern of the arteries. This article regards the human arterial tree. Starting from the aorta:
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Ascending aorta
(Branches to right coronary artery and left coronary artery. Click link for more info)
left coronary artery
anterior interventricular
septals
diagonals
circumflex
Left marginal arteries
posterolateral artery
ramus intermedius (sometimes)
- ophthalmic artery
- Orbital group
- Lacrimal artery
- lateral palpebral arteries
- zygomatic branches
- recurrent branch
- Supraorbital artery
- superficial branch
- deep branch
- Posterior ethmoidal artery
- meningeal branch
- nasal branches
- Anterior ethmoidal artery
- anterior meningeal artery
- nasal branches
- Medial palpebral arteries
- superior palpebral arch
- inferior palpebral arch
- Supratrochlear artery
- Dorsal nasal artery
- twig to the upper part of lacrimal sac
- to root of nose
- dorsum of nose
- Ocular group
- Long posterior ciliary arteries
- circulus arteriosus major
- circulus arteriosus minor
- Short posterior ciliary arteries
- Anterior ciliary artery
- Central retinal artery
- Muscular artery
- anterior cerebral artery
- middle cerebral artery
- anterolateral central arteries
- internal striate
- external striate
- posterior communicating artery
- Arising in carotid triangle[1]
- Superior thyroid artery
- Hyoid (infrahyoid) artery
- Sternocleidomastoid artery
- Superior laryngeal artery
- Cricothyroid artery
- Ascending pharyngeal artery
- Lingual artery
- Facial artery
- cervical
- Ascending palatine artery
- Tonsillar branch
- Submental artery
- superficial branch
- deep branch
- Glandular branches
- facial
- Inferior labial artery
- Superior labial artery
- Lateral nasal branch
- Angular artery - the terminal branch
- Occipital artery
- Posterior auricular artery
- Terminal branches
- Maxillary artery
- First portion
- Deep auricular artery
- Anterior tympanic artery
- Middle meningeal artery
- anterior and posterior
- ophthalmic artery (very rarely)
- superior tympanic artery
- vessels to semilunar ganglion
- superficial petrosal branch
- superior tympanic artery
- Orbital branches
- Temporal branches
- Inferior alveolar artery
- incisor branch
- mental branch
- lingual branch
- mylohyoid branch
- Accessory meningeal artery
- Second portion
- Masseteric artery
- Pterygoid branches
- Deep temporal arteries (anterior and posterior)
- Buccal artery
- Third portion
- Sphenopalatine artery, terminal branch
- posterior lateral nasal branches
- posterior septal branches
- Descending palatine artery
- greater palatine artery
- lesser palatine arteries
- Infraorbital artery
- orbital branches
- anterior superior alveolar arteries
- Posterior superior alveolar artery
- branches to alveolar canals
- branches to gingiva
- Pharyngeal artery
- Artery of pterygoid canal
- Superficial temporal artery
- Transverse facial artery
- Middle temporal artery
- Anterior auricular branch
- frontal branch
- parietal branch
subclavian artery (directly from arch of aorta on left)
- Meningeal branches of vertebral artery
- Posterior spinal artery
- ascending branch
- descending branch
- Anterior spinal artery
- Posterior inferior cerebellar artery
- medial branch
- lateral branch
- Basilar artery
- Anterior inferior cerebellar artery
- pontine branches
- Mediastinal branches
- Thymic branches
- Pericardiophrenic artery
- Sternal branches
- Perforating branches
- Twelve anterior intercostal branches
- upper branches
- lower branches of the space anastomoses
- Musculophrenic artery
- Superior epigastric artery
thyrocervical trunk
- inferior thyroid artery
- suprascapular artery
- transverse cervical artery
- Superficial branch
- Deep branch/Dorsal scapular artery (sometimes)
Deep cervical artery (sometimes)
- costocervical trunk
- Deep cervical artery
- Supreme intercostal artery
dorsal scapular artery (mostly)
- Profunda brachii artery
- radial collateral artery
- medial collateral artery
- branches to the deltoid muscle
- Superior ulnar collateral artery
- Posterior ulnar recurrent artery
- Inferior ulnar collateral artery
- Ascending branches
- Descending branches
- radial artery
- radial branches in the forearm
- Radial recurrent artery
- Palmar carpal branch of radial artery
- Superficial palmar branch of the radial artery
- radial branches at the wrist
- Dorsal carpal branch of radial artery
- First dorsal metacarpal artery
- radial branches in the hand
- Princeps pollicis artery
- Radialis indicis
- Deep palmar arch
- ulnar artery
- anterior ulnar recurrent artery
- posterior ulnar recurrent artery
- common interosseous artery
- posterior interosseous artery
- interosseous recurrent artery
- anterior interosseous artery
- muscular branches
- nutrient arteries of radius and ulna
- branch to volar carpal network
- muscular artery
- volar carpal
- palmar carpal arch
- dorsal carpal
- dorsal carpal arch
- deep volar
- superficial volar arch
- bronchial arteries
- esophageal arteries
- posterior intercostal arteries
inferior phrenic
celiac
middle suprarenal
renal
Anterior and posterior
interlobar artery
- arcuate artery
- interlobular artery
- afferent arteriole
- efferent arteriole
- descending vasa recta
- peritubular capillaries
gonadal
lumbar
median sacral
Anterior division
superior vesical artery
Vaginal artery (females) / inferior vesical artery (males)
middle rectal artery
inferior gluteal artery
- Accompanying artery of ischiadic nerve
Uterine artery (females) / deferential artery (males)
- Vaginal artery (sometimes)
(obliterated) umbilical artery
Posterior division
iliolumbar artery
- Lumbar branch
- Iliac branch
lateral sacral artery
superior gluteal artery
- Superficial branch
- Deep branch
Inferior epigastric artery
Deep circumflex iliac artery
superficial epigastric artery
Superficial circumflex iliac artery
Superficial external pudendal artery
Deep external pudendal artery
- Lateral femoral circumflex artery
- ascending branch
- descending branch
- transverse branch
- Medial femoral circumflex artery
- ascending branch
- descending branch
- superficial branch
- deep branch
- acetabular branch
- Perforating arteries
- first perforating artery
- second perforating artery
- third/fourth perforating artery
Descending genicular artery
- Saphenous branch
- Musculo-articular branch
anterior tibial artery
posterior tibial artery
- fibular artery (sometimes from popliteal artery)
- communicating branch to the anterior tibial artery
- perforating branch to the posterior tibial artery
- medial plantar artery
- lateral plantar artery
sural artery
medial superior genicular artery
- Branch to vastus medialis
- Branch to surface of the femur and the knee-joint
lateral superior genicular artery
- superficial branch
- deep branch
middle genicular artery
Inferior lateral genicular artery
Inferior medial genicular artery
See also
- Family tree of major arteries
| List of arteries of head and neck |
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| Anterior: CC/EC | superior thyroid (superior laryngeal) - lingual (sublingual)
facial: cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) - facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial, lateral nasal, angular)
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| Posterior and ascending: CC/EC | occipital - posterior auricular (stylomastoid) - ascending pharyngeal (meningeal branches) |
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| Terminal, superficial temporal: CC/EC | transverse facial - middle temporal (zygomaticoörbital) - anterior auricular - frontal - parietal
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| Terminal, maxillary: CC/EC | 1st part: anterior tympanic - deep auricular - middle meningeal (superior tympanic) - accessory meningeal - inferior alveolar (mylohyoid)
2nd part: deep temporal - pterygoid branches - masseteric - buccal
3rd part: posterior superior alveolar - infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) - descending palatine - artery of the pterygoid canal - sphenopalatine |
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| portions #1 and 2: CC/IC | cervical portion (carotid sinus) - petrous portion (Vidian, caroticotympanic) |
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| cavernous portion/ophthalmic: CC/IC | orbital group: lacrimal (lateral palpebral) - supraorbital - posterior ethmoidal - anterior ethmoidal - medial palpebral - supratrochlear - dorsal nasal
ocular group: central retinal - ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) - superior hypophysial - inferior hypophysial
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| cerebral portion: CC/IC | ACA - anterior communicating - MCA (anterolateral central) - posterior communicating - anterior choroidal - circle of Willis |
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| vertebral artery: SC | meningeal branches - posterior spinal - anterior spinal - PICA - basilar (pontine, labyrinthine, AICA, SCA, PCA) |
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| thyrocervical trunk: SC | inferior thyroid (inferior laryngeal, tracheal, esophageal, ascending cervical) - suprascapular - transverse cervical - dorsal scapular |
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| List of arteries of upper limbs |
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| Axillary | scapular anastomosis - 1st part superior thoracic - 2nd part thoracoacromial (deltoid branch)- lateral thoracic - 3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular, thoracodorsal) - anterior humeral circumflex - posterior humeral circumflex |
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| Brachial | profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - superior ulnar collateral - inferior ulnar collateral |
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| Radial | forearm: radial recurrent - palmar carpal branch - superficial palmar branch
wrist: dorsal carpal branch (dorsal carpal arch, dorsal metacarpal, dorsal digital)
hand: princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - deep palmar arch (palmar metacarpal) |
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| Ulnar | forearm: anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent)
wrist: palmar carpal branch - dorsal carpal branch
hand: superficial palmar arch (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) - deep palmar branch - palmar carpal arch |
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| List of arteries of torso - abdomen |
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AA:
Anterior |
| celiac |
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| SMA |
inferior pancreaticoduodenal –
intestinal (jejunal, ileal, arcades, vasa recta) –
ileocolic (colic, anterior cecal, posterior cecal, ileal branch, appendicular) –
right colic –
middle colic
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| IMA |
left colic –
sigmoid –
superior rectal –
marginal
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AA:
Posterior |
visceral: middle suprarenal –
renal
(inferior suprarenal, ureteral) –
gonadal (testicular ♂/ovarian ♀)
parietal: inferior phrenic
(superior suprarenal) –
lumbar –
median sacral
terminal: common iliac (IIA, EIA)
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IIA:
Anterior |
umbilical
(superior vesical,
to ductus deferens) –
middle rectal –
obturator (anterior branch, posterior branch) - inferior gluteal (accompanying of ischiadic nerve, crucial anastomosis)
uterine ♀ (helicine, vaginal of uterine, ovarian of uterine, tubal of uterine) - vaginal ♀/inferior vesical ♂
internal pudendal: inferior rectal - perineal (urethral) - posterior scrotal ♂/labial ♀ - bulb of penis ♂/vestibule ♀ - deep artery of the penis ♂ (helicine)/clitoris ♀ - dorsal of the penis ♂/clitoris ♀
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IIA:
Posterior |
iliolumbar (lumbar, iliac) –
lateral sacral –
superior gluteal
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| EIA |
inferior epigastric
(cremasteric, round ligament) –
deep circumflex iliac – femoral
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| List of arteries of lower limbs |
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| EI: Femoral | superficial epigastric - superficial iliac circumflex - external pudendal (superficial, deep/anterior scrotal arteries) - profunda femoris (lateral circumflex femoral, medial circumflex femoral, perforating) - descending genicular |
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| Popliteal | anterior tibial - sural
genicular: superior genicular (medial, lateral) - middle genicular - inferior genicular (medial, lateral) |
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| Anterior tibial | dorsalis pedis: tarsal (lateral - medial) - arcuate - dorsal metatarsal/first dorsal metatarsal - deep plantar
tibial recurrent (posterior, anterior)
anterior malleolar (medial, lateral) |
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| Posterior tibial | circumflex fibular - fibular
medial plantar - lateral plantar (plantar arch, plantar metatarsal) |
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