Middle suprarenal arteries

Middle suprarenal arteries

Posterior abdominal wall, after removal of the peritoneum, showing kidneys, suprarenal capsules, and great vessels (middle suprarenal artery visible but not labeled)
Details
Source Abdominal aorta
Vein Suprarenal veins
Supplies Adrenal gland
Identifiers
Latin Arteria suprarenalis media
TA A12.2.12.074
FMA 14754

Anatomical terminology

The middle suprarenal arteries (middle capsular arteries; suprarenal arteries) are two small vessels which arise, one from either side of the abdominal aorta, opposite the superior mesenteric artery.

They pass laterally and slightly upward, over the crura of the diaphragm, to the suprarenal glands, where they anastomose with suprarenal branches of the inferior phrenic and renal arteries.

References

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

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