Subscapular artery
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| Artery: Subscapular artery | |
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| Axillary artery and its branches, including subscapular artery - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax. | |
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| The scapular and circumflex arteries. | |
| Latin | arteria subscapularis |
| Gray's | p.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 muscle, 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 two branches, first the scapular circumflex artery and then the thoracodorsal artery.
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Subscapular artery
External links
- Illustration at microsurgeon.org
- Photo at mvm.ed.ac.uk
- Subscapular+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
- lesson3axillaryart&vein at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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