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suprascapular artery (transverse scapular artery)
Origin: thyrocervical trunk
Distribution:
1) clavicle
2) scapula
3) muscles of shoulder
4) shoulder joint
Anastomoses:
1) transverse cervical artery
2) circumflex scapular artery
3) subscapular artery
Related
clavicle (collar bone)
scapula
shoulder
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: suprascapular artery (transverse scapular artery)
ORIGIN: thyrocervical trunk
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium