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thoracoacromial trunk
Origin: axillary artery
Distribution: muscles & skin of shoulder & upper chest
Anastomoses:
1) branches of the superior thoracic artery
2) internal thoracic artery
3) lateral thoracic artery
4) posterior circumflex humeral artery
5) anterior circumflex humeral artery
6) suprascapular artery
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: thoracoacromial trunk
ORIGIN: axillary artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium