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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:

Contents 1 Ascending aorta 1.1 right coronary artery 1.2 left coronary artery 1.2.1 anterior interventricular 1.2.1.1 septals 1.2.1.2 diagonals 1.2.2 circumflex 1.2.2.1 Left marginal arteries 1.2.2.2 posterolateral artery 1.2.3 ramus intermedius (sometimes) 2 Arch of aorta 2.1 brachiocephalic artery 2.1.1 common carotid artery (directly from arch of aorta on left) 2.1.1.1 internal carotid artery 2.1.1.2 external carotid artery 2.1.2 subclavian artery (directly from arch of aorta on left) 2.1.2.1 vertebral artery 2.1.2.2 internal thoracic artery 2.1.2.3 thyrocervical trunk 2.1.2.4 Deep cervical artery (sometimes) 2.1.2.5 dorsal scapular artery (mostly) 2.1.2.6 brachial artery 3 Thoracic aorta 4 Abdominal aorta 4.1 inferior phrenic 4.2 celiac 4.3 superior mesenteric 4.4 middle suprarenal 4.5 renal 4.5.1 Anterior and posterior 4.5.1.1 interlobar artery 4.6 gonadal 4.7 lumbar 4.8 inferior mesenteric 4.9 median sacral 4.10 common iliac 5 common iliac arteries 5.1 internal iliac artery 5.1.1 Anterior division 5.1.1.1 obturator artery 5.1.1.2 superior vesical artery 5.1.1.3 Vaginal artery (females) / inferior vesical artery (males) 5.1.1.4 middle rectal artery 5.1.1.5 internal pudendal artery 5.1.1.6 inferior gluteal artery 5.1.1.7 Uterine artery (females) / deferential artery (males) 5.1.1.8 (obliterated) umbilical artery 5.1.2 Posterior division 5.1.2.1 iliolumbar artery 5.1.2.2 lateral sacral artery 5.1.2.3 superior gluteal artery 5.2 external iliac artery 5.2.1 Inferior epigastric artery 5.2.2 Deep circumflex iliac artery 5.2.3 femoral artery 5.2.3.1 superficial epigastric artery 5.2.3.2 Superficial circumflex iliac artery 5.2.3.3 Superficial external pudendal artery 5.2.3.4 Deep external pudendal artery 5.2.3.5 Deep femoral artery 5.2.3.6 Descending genicular artery 5.2.4 Popliteal artery 5.2.4.1 anterior tibial artery 5.2.4.2 posterior tibial artery 5.2.4.3 sural artery 5.2.4.4 medial superior genicular artery 5.2.4.5 lateral superior genicular artery 5.2.4.6 middle genicular artery 5.2.4.7 Inferior lateral genicular artery 5.2.4.8 Inferior medial genicular artery 6 References 7 See also

Ascending aorta

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right coronary artery

left coronary artery

anterior interventricular

septals

diagonals

circumflex

Left marginal arteries

posterolateral artery

ramus intermedius (sometimes)

Arch of aorta

brachiocephalic artery

common carotid artery (directly from arch of aorta on left)

internal carotid artery

• 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

external carotid 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)

vertebral artery

• 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

internal thoracic artery

• Mediastinal branches
• Thymic branches
• Pericardiophrenic artery
• Sternal branches
• Perforating branches
• Twelve anterior intercostal branches
  • upper branches
  • lower branches of the space anastomoses
• Musculophrenic artery
  • intercostal branches
  • branches to lower part of the pericardium
  • branches to diaphragm
  • branches to abdominal muscles.
• 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)

brachial artery

• 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

Thoracic aorta

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• bronchial arteries
• esophageal arteries
• mediastinic artery
• posterior intercostal arteries
• subcostal arteries
• superior phrenic

Abdominal aorta

inferior phrenic

celiac

superior mesenteric

middle suprarenal

renal

Anterior and posterior

interlobar artery

• arcuate artery
  • interlobular artery
    • afferent arteriole
      • efferent arteriole
        • descending vasa recta
        • peritubular capillaries

gonadal

lumbar

inferior mesenteric

median sacral

common iliac

common iliac arteries

internal iliac artery

Anterior division

obturator artery

superior vesical artery

Vaginal artery (females) / inferior vesical artery (males)

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middle rectal artery

internal pudendal artery

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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
• Inferior

superior gluteal artery

• Superficial branch
• Deep branch

external iliac artery

Inferior epigastric artery

Deep circumflex iliac artery

femoral artery

superficial epigastric artery

Superficial circumflex iliac artery

Superficial external pudendal artery

Deep external pudendal artery

Deep femoral 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

Popliteal artery

anterior tibial artery

• post. tibial recurrent artery
• ant. tibial recurrent artery
• muscular branches
• anterior medial malleolar artery
• anterior lateral malleolar artery
• Dorsalis pedis 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

• branch to popliteus

References

1. ^ Human Anatomy - Lab 25 Step 12

See also

• Family tree of major arteries

v • d • e Cardiovascular system Systemic circulation Heart  → Aorta → Arteries → Arterioles → Capillaries → Venules → Veins → Vena cava → Heart Pulmonary circulation Heart → Pulmonary arteries → Lungs → Pulmonary vein → Heart Blood vessels Endothelium - Tunica intima - Tunica media - Tunica externa

v • d • e List of arteries of head and neck CC EC sup. thyroid superior laryngeal – sternocleidomastoid branch – infrahyoid branch – cricothyroid branch – glandular branches asc. pharyngeal posterior meningeal – pharyngeal branches – inferior tympanic lingual suprahyoid – dorsal lingual – deep lingual – sublingual facial cervical branches (ascending palatine, tonsillar, submental, glandular) – facial branches (inferior labial, superior labial / nasal septum, lateral nasal, angular) occipital sternocleidomastoid – meningeal – occipital – auricular – descending post. auricular stylomastoid – stapedial – auricular – occipital sup. temporal transverse facial – middle temporal (zygomatico-orbital) – anterior auricular – frontal – parietal maxillary 1st part / mandibular: anterior tympanic – deep auricular – middle meningeal (superior tympanic, petrosal) – accessory meningeal – inferior alveolar (mental, mylohyoid) 2nd part / pterygoid: to muscles of mastication (deep temporal, pterygoid, masseteric) – buccal 3rd part / pterygopalatine: posterior superior alveolar – infraorbital (anterior superior alveolar) – descending palatine (greater palatine, lesser palatine) – artery of the pterygoid canal – sphenopalatine (posterior septal branches, posterior lateral nasal) IC cervical carotid sinus petrous Vidian – caroticotympanic cavernous/ ophthalmic orbital group: posterior ethmoidal – anterior ethmoidal (anterior septal, anterior lateral nasal, anterior meningeal) – lacrimal (lateral palpebral) – medial palpebral – terminal (supraorbital, supratrochlear, dorsal nasal) ocular group: central retinal – ciliary (short posterior, long posterior, anterior) – hypophysial (superior, inferior) cerebral/Willis ACA (anterior communicating) – MCA (anterolateral central, lenticulostriate) – posterior communicating – anterior choroidal SC vertebral artery meningeal – spinal (posterior, anterior) – cerebellar (PICA) basilar: pontine – labyrinthine – cerebellar (AICA, SCA) – cerebral (PCA) thyrocervical trunk inferior thyroid: inferior laryngeal – tracheal – esophageal – ascending cervical – pharyngeal – glandular branches transverse cervical: superficial branch – deep branch / dorsal scapular suprascapular: acromial branch costocervical trunk deep cervical

v • d • e List of arteries of upper limbs 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 Brachial profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) – ulnar collateral (superior, inferior) Radial forearm: radial recurrent wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch – palmar carpal branch hand: superficial palmar branch – princeps pollicis (radial of index finger) Ulnar forearm: ulnar recurrent (anterior, posterior) – common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent) wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch – palmar carpal branch hand: deep palmar branch Arches dorsal carpal arch: dorsal metacarpal (dorsal digital) palmar carpal arch superficial palmar arch: common palmar digital (proper palmar digital) deep palmar arch: palmar metacarpal

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 · Right subclavian · Right common carotid Left common carotid External carotid · Internal carotid Left 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

v • d • e List of arteries of torso – abdomen AA Anterior celiac left gastric esophageal branches splenic pancreatic branches (greater, dorsal) · short gastric · left gastro-omental common hepatic proper hepatic (cystic) · right gastric · gastroduodenal (right gastro-omental, superior pancreaticoduodenal, supraduodenal) SMA inferior pancreaticoduodenal · intestinal (jejunal, ileal, arcades, vasa recta)  · ileocolic (colic, anterior cecal, posterior cecal, ileal branch, appendicular)  · right colic · middle colic IMA left colic · sigmoid · superior rectal · marginal Posterior visceral middle suprarenal · renal (inferior suprarenal, ureteral) · gonadal (testicular ♂ / ovarian ♀) parietal inferior phrenic (superior suprarenal) · lumbar · median sacral terminal/ common iliac 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 ♀ Posterior iliolumbar (lumbar, iliac) · lateral sacral · superior gluteal EIA inferior epigastric (cremasteric, round ligament) · deep circumflex iliac · femoral

v • d • e List of arteries of lower limbs EI: Femoral superficial epigastric – superficial iliac circumflex external pudendal: superficial – deep (anterior scrotal) profunda femoris: lateral circumflex femoral (descending, transverse, ascending) – medial circumflex femoral (ascending, superficial,