Anatom3DLeft posterior basal segmental artery
Arteria segmentalis basalis posterior sinistra · Levá zadní bazální segmentová tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A pulmonary artery branch running down into the lowest back segment of the lower lobe.
What it does
Brings oxygen-poor blood to the back of the lung base.
Keeping it well
A common place for clots to lodge, as blood flow is greatest at the base. Seen on CT pulmonary angiography.
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)