Comprehensive Vascular Flow Map: Heart
to Periphery
HEART → ARTERIAL SYSTEM
HEART → AORTA
• Ascending Aorta
• Right Coronary Artery
◦ Right Marginal Branch → Right Ventricle
◦ Posterior Descending Artery (in right dominance) → Posterior Interventricular
Septum, Posterior Ventricular Walls
• Left Coronary Artery
◦ Left Anterior Descending → Anterior Interventricular Septum, Anterior LV
Wall, Anterolateral Papillary Muscle
◦ Left Circumflex → Lateral and Posterior LV Wall
◦ Diagonal Branches → Anterolateral LV Wall
◦ Obtuse Marginal Branches → Lateral LV Wall
• Aortic Arch
• Brachiocephalic Trunk
◦ Right Common Carotid Artery → (see Carotid System)
◦ Right Subclavian Artery → (see Upper Limb)
• Left Common Carotid Artery → (see Carotid System)
• Left Subclavian Artery → (see Upper Limb)
• Descending Thoracic Aorta
• Bronchial Arteries → Bronchi, Lung Tissue
• Esophageal Arteries → Esophagus
• Mediastinal Arteries → Mediastinal Structures
• Pericardial Arteries → Pericardium
• Posterior Intercostal Arteries (3-11) → Intercostal Muscles, Ribs, Thoracic Vertebrae,
Spinal Cord
• Superior Phrenic Arteries → Superior Surface of Diaphragm
, • Abdominal Aorta
• Inferior Phrenic Arteries → Inferior Surface of Diaphragm
• Celiac Trunk
◦ Left Gastric Artery → Lesser Curvature of Stomach, Lower Esophagus
◦ Common Hepatic Artery
◦ Proper Hepatic Artery → Liver
◦ Right Gastric Artery → Lesser Curvature of Stomach
◦ Gastroduodenal Artery
▪ Right Gastroepiploic Artery → Greater Curvature of Stomach
▪ Superior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery → Pancreas, Duodenum
◦ Splenic Artery
◦ Pancreatic Branches → Pancreas
◦ Short Gastric Arteries → Fundus of Stomach
◦ Left Gastroepiploic Artery → Greater Curvature of Stomach
◦ Terminal Branches → Spleen
• Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA)
◦ Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery → Pancreas, Duodenum
◦ Jejunal Arteries → Jejunum
◦ Ileal Arteries → Ileum
◦ Ileocolic Artery → Terminal Ileum, Cecum, Appendix
◦ Right Colic Artery → Ascending Colon
◦ Middle Colic Artery → Transverse Colon
• Middle Suprarenal Arteries → Adrenal Glands
• Renal Arteries
◦ Segmental Arteries → Kidney Segments
◦ Interlobar Arteries → Renal Columns
▪ Arcuate Arteries → Corticomedullary Junction
▪ Interlobular Arteries → Cortex
▪ Afferent Arterioles → Glomeruli
▪ Efferent Arterioles → Peritubular Capillaries/Vasa Recta
• Gonadal Arteries
◦ Testicular Arteries (male) → Testes, Epididymis
◦ Ovarian Arteries (female) → Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes
• Inferior Mesenteric Artery (IMA)
◦ Left Colic Artery → Descending Colon
◦ Sigmoid Arteries → Sigmoid Colon
◦ Superior Rectal Artery → Upper Rectum
• Lumbar Arteries (4 pairs) → Lumbar Vertebrae, Spinal Cord, Abdominal Wall
• Median Sacral Artery → Sacrum, Coccyx
to Periphery
HEART → ARTERIAL SYSTEM
HEART → AORTA
• Ascending Aorta
• Right Coronary Artery
◦ Right Marginal Branch → Right Ventricle
◦ Posterior Descending Artery (in right dominance) → Posterior Interventricular
Septum, Posterior Ventricular Walls
• Left Coronary Artery
◦ Left Anterior Descending → Anterior Interventricular Septum, Anterior LV
Wall, Anterolateral Papillary Muscle
◦ Left Circumflex → Lateral and Posterior LV Wall
◦ Diagonal Branches → Anterolateral LV Wall
◦ Obtuse Marginal Branches → Lateral LV Wall
• Aortic Arch
• Brachiocephalic Trunk
◦ Right Common Carotid Artery → (see Carotid System)
◦ Right Subclavian Artery → (see Upper Limb)
• Left Common Carotid Artery → (see Carotid System)
• Left Subclavian Artery → (see Upper Limb)
• Descending Thoracic Aorta
• Bronchial Arteries → Bronchi, Lung Tissue
• Esophageal Arteries → Esophagus
• Mediastinal Arteries → Mediastinal Structures
• Pericardial Arteries → Pericardium
• Posterior Intercostal Arteries (3-11) → Intercostal Muscles, Ribs, Thoracic Vertebrae,
Spinal Cord
• Superior Phrenic Arteries → Superior Surface of Diaphragm
, • Abdominal Aorta
• Inferior Phrenic Arteries → Inferior Surface of Diaphragm
• Celiac Trunk
◦ Left Gastric Artery → Lesser Curvature of Stomach, Lower Esophagus
◦ Common Hepatic Artery
◦ Proper Hepatic Artery → Liver
◦ Right Gastric Artery → Lesser Curvature of Stomach
◦ Gastroduodenal Artery
▪ Right Gastroepiploic Artery → Greater Curvature of Stomach
▪ Superior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery → Pancreas, Duodenum
◦ Splenic Artery
◦ Pancreatic Branches → Pancreas
◦ Short Gastric Arteries → Fundus of Stomach
◦ Left Gastroepiploic Artery → Greater Curvature of Stomach
◦ Terminal Branches → Spleen
• Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA)
◦ Inferior Pancreaticoduodenal Artery → Pancreas, Duodenum
◦ Jejunal Arteries → Jejunum
◦ Ileal Arteries → Ileum
◦ Ileocolic Artery → Terminal Ileum, Cecum, Appendix
◦ Right Colic Artery → Ascending Colon
◦ Middle Colic Artery → Transverse Colon
• Middle Suprarenal Arteries → Adrenal Glands
• Renal Arteries
◦ Segmental Arteries → Kidney Segments
◦ Interlobar Arteries → Renal Columns
▪ Arcuate Arteries → Corticomedullary Junction
▪ Interlobular Arteries → Cortex
▪ Afferent Arterioles → Glomeruli
▪ Efferent Arterioles → Peritubular Capillaries/Vasa Recta
• Gonadal Arteries
◦ Testicular Arteries (male) → Testes, Epididymis
◦ Ovarian Arteries (female) → Ovaries, Fallopian Tubes
• Inferior Mesenteric Artery (IMA)
◦ Left Colic Artery → Descending Colon
◦ Sigmoid Arteries → Sigmoid Colon
◦ Superior Rectal Artery → Upper Rectum
• Lumbar Arteries (4 pairs) → Lumbar Vertebrae, Spinal Cord, Abdominal Wall
• Median Sacral Artery → Sacrum, Coccyx
