"Aortic arches"@en . . "135"^^ . "The aortic arches or pharyngeal arch arteries (once referred to as branchial arches in human embryos) are a series of six paired embryological vascular structures which give rise to several major arteries. They are ventral to the dorsal aorta and arise from the aortic sac."@en . . "515"^^ . "Arteriae arcuum pharyngeorum"@en .