Subscapular artery

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The axillary artery with branches

The subscapular artery (Latin for 'sub- shoulder artery ') is an artery of the upper extremity . It arises from the distal section of the axillary artery and forms a short vascular trunk that divides in front of the medial axillary gap into the thoracodorsal artery and the circumflex artery of the scapula .

The third group of superficial axillary lymph nodes is located on the subscapular artery .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FCAT - Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology: Terminologia Anatomica. Thieme, Stuttgart et al. 1998, ISBN 3-13-114361-4 .

literature

  • Walther Graumann, Dieter Sasse (Ed.): Sensory systems, skin, CNS. Peripheral pathways (= Compact Anatomy Textbook. Vol. 4). Schattauer, Stuttgart et al. 2005, ISBN 3-7945-2064-5 , p. 563.