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THE ARTERIAL BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE CAT DIAPHRAGM WITH A NOTE ON THE VENOUS DRAINAGE
Author(s) -
Biscoe T. J.,
Bucknell Anne
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
quarterly journal of experimental physiology and cognate medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.925
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1469-445X
pISSN - 0033-5541
DOI - 10.1113/expphysiol.1963.sp001636
Subject(s) - medicine , diaphragm (acoustics) , abdominal aorta , inferior vena cava , anatomy , intercostal arteries , blood flow , blood supply , aorta , venous blood , cardiology , surgery , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
In fifty‐three cats the arterial blood supply to the diaphragm was studied and some observations made on the venous drainage. The arteries arise from the 8th to 13th intercostal arteries, the internal mammary arteries and from branches of the abdominal aorta. Rarely there are direct branches from both the thoracic and the abdominal aorta. There are considerable variations in the pattern of supply. The veins drain into tributaries of the intercostal veins, the internal mammary veins and into the inferior vena cava.