Posterior humeral circumflex artery
The axillary artery and its branches, including posterior humeral circumflex.
The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Posterior hum. circumflex labeled at center right.)
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Sourceaxillary artery
Identifiers
Latinarteria circumflexa humeri posterior
TA98A12.2.09.017
TA24631
FMA22684
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

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]

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References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 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. ^ 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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