Subscapular artery

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Artery: Subscapular artery
Axillary artery and its branches - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax.
The scapular and circumflex arteries.
Latin	arteria subscapularis
Gray's	subject #149 588
Supplies	Latissimus dorsi
Source	Axillary artery
Branches	circumflex scapular artery, thoracodorsal artery

The subscapular artery, the largest branch of the axillary artery, arises at the lower border of the Subscapularis, which it follows to the inferior angle of the scapula, where it anastomoses with the lateral thoracic and intercostal arteries and with the descending branch of the transverse cervical, and ends in the neighboring muscles.

About 4 cm. from its origin it gives off a branch, the scapular circumflex artery.

[edit] External links

• Illustration at microsurgeon.org
• Photo at mvm.ed.ac.uk
• Dictionary at eMedicine Subscapular+artery

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AXILLARY: scapular anastomosis - 1st part superior thoracic - 2nd part thoracoacromial - lateral thoracic - 3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular - thoracodorsal) - anterior humeral circumflex - posterior humeral circumflex BRACHIAL: profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - superior ulnar collateral - inferior ulnar collateral RADIAL: forearm radial recurrent - palmar carpal branch - superficial palmar branch - wrist dorsal carpal branch (dorsal carpal arch, dorsal metacarpal) - hand princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - deep palmar arch (palmar metacarpal) ULNAR: forearm anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous (anterior interosseous, posterior interosseous, interosseous recurrent) - wrist palmar carpal branch - dorsal carpal branch - hand superficial palmar arch (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) - deep palmar branch - palmar carpal arch

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