AXILLA Flashcards
BRANCHES OF AXILLARY ARTERY
SUPERIOR THORACIS ARTERY
THORACOACROMIAL ARTERY
LATERAL THORACIS ARTERY
ANTERIOR CIRCUMFLEX HUMERAL ARTERY
POSTERIOR CIRCUMFLRX ARTERY
SUB SCAPULA ARTERY
BORDERS OF AXILLA
ANT: CLAVICLE
POS:SCAPULA
MED:THORACIC WALL
LAT:HUMERUS
WHAT FORMS ANTERIOR FOLD
skin overlying the lower border of the pectoralis major
muscle.
WHAT FORMS POSTERIOR FOLD
skin overlying the tendons of the latissimus dorsi
and teres major muscles
SPACES
QUADRANGUALAR
SPACE
* TRIANGULAR SPACE
* TRIANGULAR INTERVAL
Contents of axilla
Axillary process of breast
* Axillary artery
* Axillary vein
* Axillary lymph nodes
* Brachial plexus
RELATION OF AXILLARY VEIN AND ARTERY IN THE INLET
VEIN IS ANTEROMEDIALLY TO THE ARTERY
Axillary vein
FORMED BY BRACHISL VEIN AND BASILIC VEIN
DRAIN TO SUBCLAVIAN VEIN ON THE lateral border of the
first rib
FIRST PART OF SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
SUPRASCAPULA ARTERY
SECONDT PART OF SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
DORSAL CSAPULA ARTERY
BRACHIAL PLEXUS
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