Question of Week 4b: Epigastric Arteries
Question 4b
What is the parent artery for each epigastric artery?
Answer 4b  

 

a. The cranial epigastric artery is the direct continuation of the internal thoracic artery.

b. The cranial superficial epigastric artery is a branch of the cranial epigastric artery.

c. The caudal epigastric artery arises from the pudendoepigastric trunk (as of week 4, you have not yet viewed the origin of the caudal epigastric artery).

d. The caudal superficial epigastric artery is the direct continuation of the external pudendal artery.