phrenic artery

Main Entry: phrenic artery
Function: noun
: any of the several arteries supplying the diaphragm: a : either of two arising from the thoracic aorta anddistributed over the upper surface of the diaphragm called also superior phrenic artery b : either of two that arise from the abdominal aorta either directly as separatearteries or from the celiac artery or a renal artery or from a common trunk originating in the abdominal aorta or the celiac artery and that supply the underside of the diaphragm and the adrenal glandscalled also inferior phrenic artery