Axillary artery Flashcards
What is it a continuation of?
subclavian artery
Where does it give branches of?
in the axillary fossa
What does it continue as
brachial artery
What does it supply?
muscles of shoulder joints, deltoid and lateral thoracic wall
Three parts according to pectoralis minor?
Suprapectoral, retropectoral and infrapectoral
What are the branches?
superior thoracic artery, thoraco-acromial artery, lateral thoracic artery, subscapular artery (circumflex subscapular artery and thoracodorsal artery), anterior circumflex humeral artery and posterior circumflex humeral artery
Where does the thoracodorsal artery run?
on the inner surface of the latissmus dorsi with thoracodorsal nerve
What does the superior thoracic artery supply?
pectoral muscles and mammary glands
What does the lateral thoracic artery supply?
serratus anterior
WHat does the posterior circumflex humeral artery supply?
deltoid
