Diagram of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artery#Embryonic_development" class="extiw" title="en:Artery">Embryonic Arterial Arches</a>. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, point to the six arches. (The black parts are obliterated in the adult human subject.)<br><b>V.Ao.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aorta#In_other_animals" class="extiw" title="en:Aorta">Ventral Aorta</a>.<br><b>A.Ao.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aortic_arch" class="extiw" title="en:Aortic arch">Arch of Aorta</a>.<br><b>D.Ar.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductus_arteriosus" class="extiw" title="en:Ductus arteriosus">Ductus Arteriosus</a>.<br><b>In.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiocephalic_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Brachiocephalic artery">Innominate Artery</a>.<br><b>R.I.C.-L.I.C.</b> Right and Left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_carotid_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Internal carotid artery">Internal Carotid Arteries</a>.<br><b>D.B.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ductus_arteriosus" class="extiw" title="en:Ductus arteriosus">Duct of Botalli</a>.<br><b>R.S.-L.S.</b> Right and Left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subclavian_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Subclavian artery">Subclavian Arteries</a>.<br><b>R.V.-L.V.</b> Right and Left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Vertebral artery">Vertebral Arteries</a>.<br><b>P.A.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_auricular_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Posterior auricular artery">Posterior Auricular Artery</a>.<br><b>Oph.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophthalmic_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Ophthalmic artery">Ophthalmic Artery</a>.<br><b>D.Ao.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_aorta" class="extiw" title="en:Dorsal aorta">Dorsal Aorta</a>.<br><b>P.T.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Pulmonary artery">Pulmonary trunk</a>.<br><b>R.P.A.-L.P.A.</b> Right and Left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Pulmonary artery">Pulmonary Arteries</a>.<br><b>R.C.C.-L.C.C.</b> Right and Left <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carotid_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Common carotid artery">Common Carotid Arteries</a>.<br><b>E.C.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_carotid_artery" class="extiw" title="en:External carotid artery">External Carotid Artery</a>.<br><b>Oc.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Occipital artery">Occipital Artery</a>.<br><b>I.M.</b> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxillary_artery" class="extiw" title="en:Maxillary artery">Internal Maxillary Artery</a>.<br><small>Illustration from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, article <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Arteries" class="extiw" title="s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Arteries">Arteries</a>.</small>
Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Edition" class="extiw" title="en:Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition">Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, Vol. 2, Page 668</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu&amp;page=710" class="image"><img alt="EB1911 - Volume 02.djvu" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu/page710-100px-EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu/page710-150px-EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu/page710-200px-EB1911_-_Volume_02.djvu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1932"></a>