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Vitelline arteries

Summary

The vitelline arteries are the arterial counterpart to the vitelline veins. Like the veins, they play an important role in the vitelline circulation of blood to and from the yolk sac of a fetus. They are a branch of the dorsal aorta.

Vitelline arteries
Model of human embryo 1.3 mm. long. (Vitelline arteries not shown, but vitelline veins labeled at center left.)
Details
Carnegie stage13
Days28
Identifiers
Latinarteria vitellina
Anatomical terminology
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They give rise to the celiac artery, superior mesenteric artery, and inferior mesenteric artery.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "vitelline arteries (embryology)". GPnotebook.

External links edit

  • cardev-009—Embryo Images at University of North Carolina
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070623132305/http://isc.temple.edu/marino/embryology/Heart98/heart_text.htm
  • Embryology at Temple Heart98/heart97a/sld021
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070915072304/http://www.ana.ed.ac.uk/database/humat/notes/extraemb/yolksac/vitart.htm
  • http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M1/embryology/embryo/13cardiovascular_system.htm
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20070812190309/http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/embryo/emb6.htm