Pectoral Girdle Flashcards
Axillary Artery
Source = subclavian artery
Continues as brachial artery
Branches: Superior thoracic artery, thoracoacromial artery, lateral thoracic artery, subscapular artery, anterior circumflex humeral artery, posterior circumflex humeral artery
Thoracoacromial Artery
Source: Axillary artery
Branches: Clavicular branch, Acromial branch, Deltoid branch, Pectoral Branch
Subscapular Artery
Source: Axillary artery
Branches: circumflex scapular artery, thoracodorsal artery
Triangular Space
Teres minor (top), teres major (bottom), long head of triceps (side) Contains circumflex scapular artery
Quadrangular Space
Teres minor (top), teres major (bottom), long head of triceps (side), humerus (side) Contains axillary nerve, posterior circumflex artery
Triangular interval
Teres major (top), long head of triceps (side), humerus (side) Contains profunda brachii artery, radial nerve
Triangle of Auscultation
Scapula (side), latissimus dorsi (bottom), trapezius (top)
Over 7th rib and 6-7 intercostal space
Good place to listen to posterior segment of lungs
Profunda Brachii Artery
Source: Brachial artery
Location: In triangular interval with radial nerve
Artery of trapezius
Transverse cervical branch of thyrocervical artery
Suprascapular Artery
Branch of thyrocervical trunk, branch of subclavian artery
Perfuses supraspinatus and infraspinatus
Innvervate pectoralis minor
Medial pectoral nerve (from medial cord of brachial plexus)
Posterior Cord of brachial plexus
From posterior branches of Superior trunk, Middle trunk, and Inferior Trunk
Branches into Upper subscapular nerve, Thoracodorsal nerve, Lower subscapular nerve
Continues into Axillary nerve and Radial nerve
Lateral Cord of brachial plexus
From anterior branches of Superior trunk and Middle trunk
Branches into Lateral pectoral nerve
Continues into Musculocutaneous nerve
Joins with Medial cord to form Median nerve
Medial Cord of brachial plexus
From anterior branch of Inferior trunk
Branches into Medial pectoral nerve
Joins with Lateral cord to form Median nerve
Continues as ulnar nerve
Dorsal scapular artery
Source = subclavian artery
Perfuses levator scapulae, rhomboid minor, rhomboid major