Quadrangular space

Quadrangular space

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Caption = Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind. Quadrangular space is the lateral space, labeled in green at center right. Axillary nerve is visible entering it.


Caption2 = The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Quadrangular space is visible but not labeled. Posterior humeral circumflex artery is visible entering quadrangular space at center right.)
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The quadrangular space is an axillary space in the arm.

Boundaries

It is bounded by: [SUNYAnatomyLabs|03|04|01|01 - "Scapular Region: Quadrangular Space of Scapular Region"]

* "above/superior:" the Subscapularis and Teres minor (inferior border). Some sources exclude the Teres minor.cite book |author=Adam Mitchell; Drake, Richard; Gray, Henry David; Wayne Vogl |title=Gray's anatomy for students |publisher=Elsevier/Churchill Livingstone |location= |year=2005 |pages=649 |isbn=0-443-06612-4 |oclc= |doi=]
* "below/inferior:" the Teres major (superior border)
* "medially:" the long head of the Triceps brachii
* "laterally:" the surgical neck of the humerus

Contents

It transmits the axillary nerve and posterior humeral circumflex artery.


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References

External links

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* [http://www.med.umich.edu/anatomy/plastinate/PlastinationGallery/images/UpperLimb/UL-Red/UL-Red-Pages/Image17.html Photo at umich.edu]
* [http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/pics/diagrams/quadrangsp3.jpgDiagram at wustl.edu]
* [http://iris3.med.tufts.edu/dentgross/labguide/Shoulder4.html Photo at tufts.edu]
* [http://www.ithaca.edu/faculty/lahr/LE2000/UE_Ind_Study_99/shoulder/edited/superficial_post.jpeg Photo at ithaca.edu]


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