Subscapular artery
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Axillary artery and its branches, including subscapular artery - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax.
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The scapular and circumflex arteries.
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| Latin | arteria subscapularis |
| Source | Axillary artery |
| Branches | circumflex scapular artery, thoracodorsal artery |
| Supplies | Latissimus dorsi |
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The subscapular artery, the largest branch of the axillary artery, arises at the lower border of the Subscapularis muscle, which it follows to the inferior angle of the scapula, where it anastomoses with the lateral thoracic and intercostal arteries and with the descending branch of the dorsal scapular artery (aka deep branch of the transverse cervical artery if it arises from the cervical trunk), and ends in the neighboring muscles.
About 4 cm. from its origin it gives off two branches, first the scapular circumflex artery and then the thoracodorsal artery.
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Subscapular artery
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
- Illustration at microsurgeon.org
- Photo at mvm.ed.ac.uk
- lesson3axillaryart&vein at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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