dorsal (descending) scapular artery

Origin: (inconstant) 1) subclavian artery 2) deep branch of transverse cervical artery Distribution: 1) rhomboid muscles 2) other muscles of scapula 3) skin along vertebral border of scapula Anastomosis: 1) suprascapular artery 2) circumflex scapular artery Course: passes deep to the rhomboid muscles

Properties

FORM: dorsal (descending) scapular artery ORIGIN: transverse cervical artery

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium