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Vitelline arteries
Model of human embryo 1.3 mm. long. (Vitelline arteries not shown, but vitelline arteries labeled at center left.)
Carnegie stage	13
Days	28

The vitelline arteries is the arterial counterpart to the vitelline veins. Like the veins, it plays an important role in the vitelline circulation of blood to and from the yolk sac. It is a branch of the dorsal aorta.

It gives rise to the celiac artery, superior mesenteric artery, and inferior mesenteric artery.^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ 120913981 at GPnotebook

[edit] External links

• cardev-009 — Embryology at UNC
• http://isc.temple.edu/marino/embryology/Heart98/heart_text.htm
• Embryology at Temple Heart98/heart97a/sld021
• http://www.ana.ed.ac.uk/database/humat/notes/extraemb/yolksac/vitart.htm
• http://www.med.umich.edu/lrc/coursepages/M1/embryology/embryo/13cardiovascular_system.htm
• http://www.med.mun.ca/anatomyts/embryo/emb6.htm

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