[Radio-anatomic study of the bronchial arteries (apropos of 30 analyzable preparations].
Arteriographic studies of collateral branches of the descending thoracic aorta are made using barium suspension. The descending aorta is then cut off and measured. Confrontations of these two methods give precise details on the origins of bronchial arteries (vertebral level and situation around the circumference of the aorta). In spite of important variations, the vertebral level of origin is around T5 for the right bronchial arteries and around T6 for the left ones. Most of them (right and left) arise on the right.
D001981:Bronchial Arteries / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography
Etude radio-anatomique des artères bronchiques (à propos de 30 préparations analysables).