Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery

Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery
Artery: Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery
Latin ramus deltoideus arteriae thoracoacromialis
Gray's subject #149 588
Supplies Deltoid muscle
Vein cephalic vein

The deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery, often arising with the acromial, crosses over the Pectoralis minor and passes in the same groove as the cephalic vein, between the Pectoralis major and Deltoideus, and gives branches to both muscles.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

v · d · eList of arteries of upper limbs (TA A12.2.09, GA 6.575)
Axillary
Shoulder
Before split
Arches

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