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A 46-year-old man receives the diagnosis of ...
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submitted by ∗imkingran(1)

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Top 1/3: Esophageal branches of inferior thyroid artery, which is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk (option E)

Middle 1/3: Esophageal branches of thoracic part of aorta (option B)

Bottom 1/3: Esophageal branches of left gastric artery (which is branch of celiac trunk, which is branch of aorta) (option A)

FA 2020 pg 364: abdominal aorta --> celiac trunk --> left gastric --> esophageal arteries

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Consult anatomy textbook/use process of elimination. (I know this isn't mind blowing, but it's what I did...)

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