Blood Supply Of Shoulder (L1)

Question 1

Describe what the dorsal scapular artery is a branch of, and what it branches into.

Answer 1

• Branch of costocervical trunk –>subclavian a.

Question 2

Describe what a Suprascapular a. is a branch of in the dog and in the horse.

Answer 2

Dog- branch of superficial cervial a.

Horse- branch of axillary a.

Question 3

Describe what the Subscapular a. is a branch of?

Answer 3

Axillary a.