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Posterior humeral circumflex artery
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| Artery: Posterior humeral circumflex artery | |
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| The axillary artery and its branches, including posterior humeral circumflex. | |
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| The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Posterior hum. circumflex labeled at center right.) | |
| Latin | arteria circumflexa humeri posterior |
| Gray's | subject #149 589 |
| Source | axillary artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12153912 |
The posterior humeral circumflex artery (posterior circumflex artery, posterior circumflex humeral artery) arises from the axillary artery at the lower border of the subscapularis, and runs backward with the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space.
It winds around the neck of the humerus and is distributed to the deltoideus and shoulder-joint, anastomosing with the anterior humeral circumflex and profunda brachii.
 Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind. |
- Duke Orthopedics posterior_humeral_circumflex_artery
- posterior+circumflex+humeral+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
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| Axillary | scapular anastomosis - 1st part superior thoracic - 2nd part thoracoacromial (deltoid branch)- lateral thoracic - 3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular, thoracodorsal) - anterior humeral circumflex - posterior humeral circumflex |
| Brachial | profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - superior ulnar collateral - inferior ulnar collateral |
| Radial | forearm: radial recurrent - palmar carpal branch - superficial palmar branch wrist: dorsal carpal branch (dorsal carpal arch, dorsal metacarpal, dorsal digital) hand: princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - deep palmar arch (palmar metacarpal) |
| Ulnar | forearm: anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent) wrist: palmar carpal branch - dorsal carpal branch hand: superficial palmar arch (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) - deep palmar branch - palmar carpal arch |