Bronchial artery
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| Artery: Bronchial artery | |
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| Bronchial artery labeled at center left. | |
| Latin | rami bronchiales partis thoracicae aortae, arteriae bronchiales |
| Gray's | subject #153 600 |
| Supplies | lungs |
| Source | thoracic aorta |
| Vein | Bronchial veins |
| Dorlands / Elsevier | r_02/12689141 |
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In human anatomy, the bronchial arteries help supply the lungs with oxygenated blood. Although there is much variation, there are usually two bronchial arteries that run to the left lung, and one to the right lung.
Origin
The left bronchial arteries usually arise directly from the thoracic aorta.
The single right bronchial artery usually arises from one of the following:
- 1) the thoracic aorta at a common trunk with the right 3rd posterior intercostal artery
- 2) the superior bronchial artery on the left side
Distribution to lung
The bronchial arteries supply blood to the bronchi and connective tissue of the lungs. They travel with and branch with the bronchi, ending about at the level of the repiratory bronchioles. They anastomose with the branches of the pulmonary arteries, and together, they supply the visceral pleura of the lung in the process.
Note that much of the blood supplied by the bronchial arteries is returned via the pulmonary veins rather than the bronchial veins.
Comparison with pulmonary arteries
It is easy to confuse the bronchial arteries with the pulmonary arteries, because they both supply the lungs with blood, but there are important differences:
| pulmonary arteries | supplies deoxygenated blood pumped from the right ventricle | pulmonary circulation | relatively large |
| bronchial arteries | supplies oxygenated blood pumped from the left ventricle | systemic circulation | relatively small |
Pathology
The bronchial arteries are typically enlarged and tortuous in chronic pulmonary thromboembolic hypertension.[1]
See also
References
External links
- SUNY Figs 21:06-06 - "Branches of the ascending aorta, arch of the aorta, and the descending aorta."
- Histology at BU 13903loa
- Bronchial arteries - anatquest.nlm.nih.gov.
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