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lateral thoracic artery (external mammary artery)

Origin: axillary artery Branches: lateral mammary arteries Distribution: 1) pectoral muscles 2) other muscles of the chest 3) mammary gland Course: passes around the lateral border of the pectoral muscles

General

blood vessel

Properties

FORM: lateral thoracic artery (external mammary artery) ORIGIN: axillary artery

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999

Components

intima; tunica intima tunica media vascular endothelium