Suprascapular artery

Suprascapular artery

Infobox Artery
Name = Suprascapular artery
Latin = arteria suprascapularis, arteria transversa scapulae
GraySubject = 148
GrayPage = 582



Caption = Thyrocervical trunk with branches, including suprascapular artery.



Caption2 = The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Transverse scapular visible at top.)
BranchFrom = Thyrocervical trunk
BranchTo =
Vein = suprascapular vein
Supplies = supraspinatus muscle, (sternocleidomastoid), (subclavius)
MeshName =
MeshNumber =
DorlandsPre = a_61
DorlandsSuf = 12156180
The suprascapular artery (or transverse scapular artery) is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk.

Course

At first, it passes downward and laterally across the scalenus anterior and phrenic nerve, being covered by the sternocleidomastoid muscle; it then crosses the subclavian artery and the brachial plexus, running behind and parallel with the clavicle and subclavius muscle and beneath the inferior belly of the omohyoid to the superior border of the scapula. It passes over the superior transverse scapular ligament (unlike the suprascapular nerve, which passes below the ligament). (This can be remembered with the mnemonic, "Army over Navy", where Army replaces Artery and Navy replaces Nerve. You could also remember by making a reference to a bridge where the army would go over the bridge while the navy would go under. " [ [http://www.dartmouth.edu/~humananatomy/part_2/chapter_8.html Chapter 8: THE SHOULDER AND AXILLA ] ] [ [http://anatomy.uams.edu/AnatomyHTML/shoulder.html Scapular Region ] ]

The artery then enters the supraspinatous fossa of the scapula. It travels close to the bone, running between the scapula and the supraspinatus muscle, to which it supplies branches.

It then descends behind the neck of the scapula, through the great scapular notch and under cover of the inferior transverse ligament, to reach the infraspinatous fossa, where it anastomoses with the scapular circumflex artery and the descending branch of the transverse cervical artery.

Besides distributing branches to the sternocleidomastoid (which, however, mainly is supplied by the occipital artery and the superior thyroid artery), subclavius (which mainly is supplied by the thoracoacromial artery), and neighboring muscles, it gives off a suprasternal branch, which crosses over the sternal end of the clavicle to the skin of the upper part of the chest; and an acromial branch, which pierces the trapezius and supplies the skin over the acromion. Just as with supplying the subclavius muscle, it anastomoses with the thoracoacromial artery in supplying skin areas.

As the artery passes over the superior transverse scapular ligament, it sends a branch into the subscapular fossa, where it ramifies beneath the subscapularis, and anastomoses with the subscapular artery and with the dorsal scapular artery.

It also sends articular branches to the acromioclavicular joint and the shoulder joint, and a nutrient artery to the clavicle.


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