Posterior circumflex artery

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Branch of the axillary artery in humans

The arteria circumflexa humeri posterior (" arteria circumflexa humeri caudalis winding around the back of the humerus") - called in animal anatomy as arteria circumflexa humeri caudalis - is an artery in the area of ​​the shoulder and upper arm . It arises at the lower edge of the deltoid muscle from the axillary artery ( arteria axillaris ) and runs together with the axillary nerve through the lateral axillary gap to the outside of the shoulder, where it winds around the neck of the humerus .

The arteria circumflexa posterior humeri supplies the shoulder joint and the musculus deltoideus. It anastomoses with the anterior artery of the same name ( arteria circumflexa humeri anterior ) and the arteria profunda brachii .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FCAT - Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology: Terminologia Anatomica. Thieme, Stuttgart et al. 1998, ISBN 3-13-114361-4 .
  2. ^ World Association of Veterinary Anatomists - International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature: Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria. 4th edition. International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature et al., Zurich et al. 1994, ISBN 0-9600444-7-7 .

literature

  • Uwe Gille: Cardiovascular and immune system, Angiologia. In: Franz-Viktor Salomon, Hans Geyer, Uwe Gille (Ed.): Anatomy for veterinary medicine. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Enke, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8304-1075-1 , pp. 404-463.