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superior thoracic artery
Origin: axillary artery
Distribution: muscles of the superior chest
Anastomosis:
1) branches of the suprascapular artery
2) internal thoracic artery
3) thoracoacromial artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: superior thoracic artery
ORIGIN: axillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium