Chapter If • Upper Limb
ARTERIAL SUPPLYAND MAJOR ANASTOMOSES
Arterial Supply to the Upper Limb (Figure 111-4-3)
Subclavian artery
Branch ofbrachiocephalic trunk on the right and aortic arch on the left.
Axillaryartery
•From the first rib to the posterior edge of the teres major muscle
•Three major branches:
-Lateral thoracic artery-supplies mammary gland; runs with long thoracic nerve
-Subscapular artery-collateral to shoulder with suprascapular branch of subclavian artery
-Posterior humeral circumflex artery-at surgical neck with axillary nerve
Brachial artery
Profunda brachii artery with radial nerve in radial groove-at midshaft of hu merus
Radial artery
Deep palmar arch
Ulnarartery
•Common interosseus artery
•Superficial palmar arch
