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Cardiovascular System > Blood Vessels > Arteries > Brachiocephalic Trunk

Preferred term

Brachiocephalic Trunk  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Arteries, Innominate
  • Artery, Innominate
  • Innominate Arteries
  • Innominate Artery

Note

  • note X ref

Scope note

  • The first and largest artery branching from the aortic arch. It distributes blood to the right side of the head and neck and to the right arm.

History note

  • 91; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK was see INNOMINATE ARTERY 1963-90

In other languages

  • käden ja pään valtimorunko

    Finnish

  • a. brachiocephalica
  • arteria brachiocephalica
  • käsivarren ja pään valtimorunko
  • pään ja käden valtimorunko
  • pään ja käsivarren valtimorunko
  • truncus brachiocephalicus
  • Arm-huvudartär

    Swedish

  • Truncus brachiocephalicus

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D016122

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