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Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta

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The esophageal arteries four or five in number, arise from the front of the aorta, and pass obliquely downward to the esophagus, forming a chain of anastomoses along that tube, anastomosing with the esophageal branches of the inferior thyroid arteries above, and with ascending branches from the left inferior phrenic and left gastric arteries below. These arteries supply the middle third of the esophagus.

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Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 600 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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