superior phrenic arteries


su·pe·ri·or phren·ic ar·ter·ies

[TA] a pair of small arteries given off from the thoracic aorta just superior to the diaphragm; distribution, diaphragm; anastomoses, musculophrenic, pericardiacophrenic, and inferior phrenic. Synonym(s): arteriae phrenicae superiores [TA]