Branches Of Axillary Artery

Question 1

Branch of first part of axillary artery:

Answer 1

Highest thoracic artery (superior thoracic)

Runs along the Upper order of pectoralis minor

Question 2

Branches of second part of axillary artery:

Answer 2

1) thoracoacromial artery
“Immediately divide into terminal branches”

2) lateral thoracic artery
“Runs along the lower border of pectoralis minor”

Question 3

Branch of third part of axillary artery:

Answer 3

1) subscapular artery
“Runs along the lower border of the subscapularis muscle”

2 +3) Anterior and posterior circumflex numeral arteries:
“ wind around the front and the back of the surgical neck of the humerus”