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Posterior humeral circumflex artery

Posterior humeral circumflex artery

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The posterior humeral circumflex artery (posterior circumflex artery or posterior circumflex humeral artery[citation needed]) arises from the third part of the axillary artery at the distal border of the subscapularis.[1]

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Anatomy

Course and relations

It passes posteriorward with the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space. It winds laterally around the surgical neck of the humerus.[1]

Distribution

It is distributed to the shoulder joint,[1] teres major, teres minor, deltoid,[1][2] and (long and lateral heads of) triceps brachii.[1]

Anastomoses

It forms anastomoses with the anterior humeral circumflex artery, (deltoid branch of) profunda brachii artery, (acromial branches of) suprascapular artery, (acromial branches of) and thoracoacromial artery.[1]

Additional images

  • Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind.
  • Posterior humeral circumflex artery

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. [2]
    Clinically Oriented Anatomy 7th ed. 2014. p. 718.

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 589 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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