Anatom3DLeft superior segmental artery
Arteria segmentalis superior sinistra · Levá horní segmentová tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
The first branch of the lower lobe artery, running back to the top segment of the lower lobe.
What it does
Brings oxygen-poor blood to the superior segment of the lower lobe.
Keeping it well
Can hold clots; this segment is where inhaled material often settles in people lying on their back.
Related conditions
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)