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Diagram of branches
of axillary artery
Acromial Br
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1st Par
Deltoid Br
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Anterior
circumflex
humeral
artery
Br
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Pa
Superior thoracic artery
Pectoral Br
Pectoralis minor
Subscapular
artery
Lateral thoracic artery
Posterior
circumflex
humeral artery
Circumflex
scapular
artery
Label
No Label
The
From
1st
artery
(a)superior
begins
thoracic
at the
outer
– it
runs
border
in along
of
the
first
rib
intercostal
and ends
space.
at prothe
Fromaxillary
2nd
3rdpart
part
.(a)(a)subscapular
The thoracoacromial
runs
down
artery
with
the
– athe
stout
longfirst
subscapular
short
trunk,
nerve,
which
just
where
it continues
the
brachial
artery. it
lower
jects
forward
ofover
terres
the
major,
innerfold.
boarder
of
pectoralis
minor
and scapula
divides
into
four
withinborder
the posterior
axillary
Near
the
lowerasangle
of the
divides
branches.
(i)side
clavicular,
up over
subclavius
; (ii)
pectoral
largesurface
and runs
into two, one
goes toruns
the side
of the
chest, the
other
to theisdeep
of
The
axillary
artery
across
thewith
superior
aspect
ofanterior
the
axilla
is marked
by
the latissimus
down
between
with
the runs
the
twolong
pectorals
subscapular
the
nerve.
external
Near
its origin
thoracic
itand
gives
nerve,
off a large
and
asupplies
line drawn
from
the middle
of the
clavicle
tocomes
a
point
half-way
between
the two
branch,
the
these
circumflex
muscles;
scapular
(iii) acromial,
artery,
usually
which
passes
off
back
a common
through
trunk
the “trianguwith
the
condyles
of to
the
humerus,
when
arm is raised
tothe
a right
angle.
lar space”
deltoid,
and
runs
the
back
dorsum
beneath
of the
thescapula.
deltoid
toward
(b) The
anterior
acromion;
circumflex
and (iv)humeral
deltoid
runs
down
beside
the cephalic
vein,passes
in a groove
between
deltoid
artery
which
is a small
artery that
out across
the front
ofand
the pectoralis
humerus,
It
is divided
into three
by the crossing
of thethe
pectoralis
stage
is
major,
and
ends
inupthese
muscles.
sending
a branch
to parts
the
shoulder
joint through
bicipitalminor.
groove1st
, and
ends
medial,
2ndthoracic
stage
3rdcover
stagehumeral
is the
lateral
to border
theismuscle.
in the
(b)
lateral
deltoid.
(c) is
The
–posterior,
runs
posterior
downand
under
circumflex
of
outer
artery
a large
of theartery
pectoralis
that
runs back
minor
to the
with
wall
theofcircumflex
the thoraxnerve
(and through
the mammary
the “quadrilateral
gland in a female).
space” supplying
the surrounding structures, and breaking up, it ends at the deltoid.