Arteriograph Of Aortic Arch & Associated Arteries
by Alain Pol, Ism/science Photo Library
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Arteriograph Of Aortic Arch & Associated Arteries
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Alain Pol, Ism/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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False-colour arteriograph (angiograph) of the arteries arising from the aortic arch (bottom), the section of the aorta that curves over the heart. Arteriography is the X-ray examination of arteries that have been outlined by prior injection of a radio-opaque contrast medium. The large artery at left is the innominate artery. It quickly branches into the right-side common carotid artery, which supplies the right side of the neck & head, & the right subclavian artery, which supplies the right arm. The vessel in the centre is the left common carotid supplying the corresponding side of the neck & face. The vessel on the right is the left subclavian artery.
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September 24th, 2018
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