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Contact [7]
4 years ago
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The internal thoracic artery is sometimes surgically cut near the caudal end of the sternum and used to supply blood to a region

of the heart. In these cases, maintenance of adequate blood flow to the rectus abdominis may be dependent on increased flow through which artery?A. Superficial epigastricB. Inferior epigastricC. Umbilical D. Superficial circumflex iliacE. Deep circumflex iliac
Medicine
1 answer:
Anvisha [2.4K]4 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Inferior epigastric.

Explanation:

Interior thoracic artery may be defined as the artery that supplies the breast and the chest wall. This artery is accompanied by  internal thoracic vein. The bypass graft surgery uses this artery.

The ligation of internal thoracic artery, the blood will not able to flow in superior gastric artery. The inferior gastric artery communicates with superior gastric artery. The blood will easily be able to flow through the inferior epigastric artery. The rectus abdominis depends on inferior epigastric artery and the blood will increase.

Thus, the correct answer is option (B).

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