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subscapular artery
Origin: axillary artery
Branches:
1) circumflex scapular artery
2) thoracodorsal artery
Distribution: muscles of shoulder & scapular region
Anastomoses:
1) branches of the transverse cervical artery
2) suprascapular artery
3) lateral thoracic artery
4) intercostal arteries
Related
scapula
shoulder
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: subscapular artery
ORIGIN: axillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium