Esophageal arteries

Esophageal (oesophageal in British English) arteries are a group of arteries from disparate sources supplying the esophagus. The blood supply to the esophagus can roughly be divided into thirds, with anastamoses between each area of supply.

Esophageal arteries
Details
Vein	Esophageal veins
Supplies	Esophagus
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae oesophageae
FMA	4149
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

More specifically, it can refer to:

• Esophageal branches of inferior thyroid artery (top third)
• Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta (middle third)
• Esophageal branches of left gastric artery (bottom third)