The Clinical Anatomy of the Vascular System | Ch 55
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
6-12-2025
Editor
Stephen J. Bordes, Jr. et al
Abstract
The suprarenal arteries start to form during the fifth week of development. The paired dorsal aortae fuse below the level of the fourth thoracic segment and then subdivide into three branching segments: ventral, lateral, and dorsolateral intersegmental. The suprarenal arteries develop from the lateral branches of the descending aorta arising from the upper lumbar level. The suprarenal gland receives blood from branches of the renal and inferior phrenic arteries, but the descending aorta is the predominant source (Schoenwolf et al. 2009). The suprarenal gland vasculature is fully established by the eighth week of gestation (Ishimoto and Jaffe 2011). It has been proposed that the wide variations in origin of the suprarenal arteries are linked to the persistence of anomalous branches from the lateral segments of the dorsal aorta, which normally disappear in the caudal direction. Other possible causes of such variation include growth factors, hemodynamic patterns, genetics, and environmental agents such as teratogens (Sushma et al. 2014).
First Page
379
Last Page
382
Chapter Title
Chapter 55 - Suprarenal Arteries
Publisher
Springer Nature
ISBN
[9783031783258, 9783031783265]
Rights
© 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Recommended Citation
Gold, Logan and Bordes, Stephen J., "The Clinical Anatomy of the Vascular System | Ch 55" (2025). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 4251.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/4251
10.1007/978-3-031-78326-5_55