pericardiophrenic artery

pericardiophrenic artery
peri·car·dio·phren·ic artery .per-ə-.kärd-ē-ə-'fren-ik- n a branch of the internal thoracic artery that descends through the thorax accompanying the phrenic nerve between the pleura and the pericardium to the diaphragm

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