Posterior humeral circumflex artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Axillary artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria circumflexa humeri posterior |
TA98 | A12.2.09.017 |
TA2 | 4631 |
FMA | 22684 |
Anatomical terminology |
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]
Anatomy[edit]
Course and relations[edit]
It passes posteriorward with the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space. It winds laterally around the surgical neck of the humerus.[1]
Distribution[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind.
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Posterior humeral circumflex artery
See also[edit]
References[edit]
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 589 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links[edit]
- Posterior humeral circumflex artery at the Duke University Health System's Orthopedics program
- lesson3axillaryart&vein at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)