Axillary artery

As axillary artery ( " axillary " ) the continuation of the subclavian artery is referred to in the armpit. It supplies the armpit, the muscles of the shoulder and the chest and the arm.

Course

It begins at the outer edge of the first rib, and ends at the lower edge of the teres major. From there, she sits on the upper arm as the artery of the arm, the brachial artery, continued. From the pectoralis minor it is divided into three parts. It is the central structure of the armpit, and on its medial (inner) side runs Vein accompanying her, the axillary vein.

Bifurcation in humans

Bifurcation with the domestic animals

  • Thoracic artery externa ( outer chest artery)
  • Suprascapular artery (upper scapular artery arises when predators from the superficial cervical artery )
  • Subscapular artery ( subscapularis artery), with: thoracodorsal artery
  • Circumflex humeral artery caudal
  • Radial collateral artery
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