It anastomoses with the internal thoracic artery and intercostal arteries.

The internal thoracic artery arises from the subclavian artery near its origin.

The pericardiacophrenic artery is a long slender branch of the internal thoracic artery.

The Thymic branches of internal thoracic artery are arteries that supply the thymus.

Occasionally, it arises from the aorta, the right common carotid, the subclavian or the internal thoracic artery.

After passing the sixth intercostal space, the internal thoracic artery splits into the following two terminal branches:

Plastic surgeons may use either the left or right internal thoracic arteries for autologous free flap reconstruction of the breast after mastectomy.

The Anterior intercostal branches of internal thoracic artery supply the upper five or six intercostal spaces.

The internal thoracic artery is the cardiac surgeon's blood vessel of choice for coronary artery bypass grafting.

Second, the superior epigastric artery, a terminal branch of the internal thoracic artery, supplies blood to the upper portion.

The internal thoracic artery then divides into the superior epigastric artery and musculophrenic artery.

In adults with untreated coarctation, blood often reaches the lower body through collaterals, e.g. internal thoracic arteries via the subclavian arteries.

Surgeons are using the arteries, also known as internal thoracic arteries, whenever possible in the operation that is commonly done to relieve the chest pains from angina.

The internal thoracic artery is commonly chosen as a graft artery during coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Bilaterally, it arises from the superior epigastric vein, accompanies the internal thoracic artery along its course and terminates in the brachiocephalic vein.

Important vessels that pass through these bilateral foramina include the superior epigastric arteries as terminations of the internal thoracic arteries, with accompanying veins and lymphatics.

The arteries supplying the thymus are derived from the internal thoracic artery, and from the superior thyroid artery and inferior thyroids.

It finally divides into numerous branches, which anastomose, above the umbilicus, with the superior epigastric branch of the internal thoracic artery and with the lower intercostal arteries.

Coronary artery bypass graft is used for people with occluded coronary arteries, and often the saphenous vein or left internal thoracic artery are used in this procedure.

The usual branches of the subclavian on both sides of the body are the vertebral artery, the internal thoracic artery, the thyrocervical trunk, the costocervical trunk and the dorsal scapular artery.

In human anatomy, superior epigastric artery refers to a blood vessel that carries oxygenated blood and arises from the internal thoracic artery (referred to as the internal mammary artery in the accompanying diagram).

As in vertebral-subclavian steal, coronary-subclavian steal may occur in patients who have received a coronary artery bypass graft using the internal thoracic artery (ITA), also known as internal mammary artery.

The superior epigastric arteries, inferior epigastric arteries, internal thoracic arteries and left subclavian artery and right subclavian artery / brachiocephalic are collateral vessels to the thoracic aorta and abdominal aorta.

It gives off intercostal branches to the seventh, eighth, and ninth intercostal spaces; these diminish in size as the spaces decrease in length, and are distributed in a manner precisely similar to the intercostal arteries from the internal thoracic artery.