Arterial Supply

Question 1

What are the three main continuations of the arterial supply?

Answer 1

Subclavian artery - Ends at lateral border of 1st rib
Axillary artery - From lateral border of 1st rib to inferior border of teres minor
Brachial artery - From inferior border of teres minor to cubital fossa

Question 2

What are the three parts from superior to inferior of the axillary artery?

Answer 2

1st part - From lateral border of 1st rib to medial border of pec minor
2nd part - Posterior to pec minor
3rd part - From lateral border of pec minor to inferior border of teres major

Question 3

What are the branches of the axillary artery?

Answer 3

Screw - Superior thoracic, 
The - Thoracoacromial 
Lawyer - Lateral thoracic 
Save - Subscapular 
A Patient - Anterior and Posterior circumflex humeral artery

Question 4

Where will you find the brachial artery?

Answer 4

Between biceps tendon and median nerve in cubital fossa

Question 5

What happens to the brachial artery distal to Teres major?

Answer 5

Gives rise to profunda brachii

Question 6

What happens to the brachial artery past the cubital fossa?

Answer 6

Forms the ulnar and radial arteries