Anatom3DLeft middle suprarenal artery
Arteria suprarenalis media sinistra · Levá střední nadledvinová tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A small artery straight from the aorta to the adrenal gland.
What it does
Supplies the middle of the adrenal gland.
Keeping it well
Tied off in adrenal removal; rarely a problem otherwise.
Related conditions
- Adrenal insufficiency (Addison's)
- Burnout
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Cushing's syndrome
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Neuroblastoma
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)