Posterior humeral circumflex artery
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| Artery: Posterior humeral circumflex artery | |
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| The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Posterior hum. circumflex labeled at center right.) | |
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| The axillary artery and its branches. (Posterior humeral circumflex visible but not legibly labeled. Anterior humeral circumflex is labeled at center left, and posterior is visible on opposite side of brachial artery.) | |
| 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.
[edit] Additional images
 Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind. |
[edit] External links
- Duke Orthopedics posterior_humeral_circumflex_artery
- Dictionary at eMedicine posterior+circumflex+humeral+artery
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| Arteries of upper limbs |
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| AXILLARY: scapular anastomosis - 1st part superior thoracic - 2nd part thoracoacromial - 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) - hand princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - deep palmar arch (palmar metacarpal) ULNAR: forearm anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous (anterior interosseous, posterior interosseous, interosseous recurrent) - wrist palmar carpal branch - dorsal carpal branch - hand superficial palmar arch (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) - deep palmar branch - palmar carpal arch |
