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posterior circumflex humeral artery
Origin: axillary artery
Distribution: muscles & structures of the shoulder joint
Anastomoses:
1) anterior circumflex humeral artery
2) suprascapular artery
3) thoracoacromial artery
4) profunda brachii
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: posterior circumflex humeral artery
ORIGIN: axillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium