anterior circumflex humeral artery
Arteria circumflexa humeri anterior
In 3 atlases
Definition
An artery that branches from the axilliary artery and supplies the deltoid, biceps brachii, and coracobrachialis muscles, the glenohumeral joint, the proximal humeral head, and the skin overlying the anterior aspect of the proximal humerus. This artery courses laterally across the anterior surface of the humerus and anastomoses with the posterior humeral circumflex artery.
Source: UBERON · Licence: CC-BY-3.0
Definition from the Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall CJ et al., Genome Biology 2012, 13:R5), https://obophenotype.github.io/uberon/, licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Neighbouring structures
- branch of basilar artery
- branch of brachial artery
- branch of radial artery
- branch of ulnar artery
- branch of vertebral artery
- internal thoracic artery
- lateral thoracic artery
- posterior circumflex humeral artery
- radial artery
- subdivision of costocervical artery
- subdivision of internal thoracic artery
- subdivision of subscapular artery
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Identifiers
- TA2
- 4630
- TA98
- A12.2.09.016
- FMA
- 22680
- UBERON
- 8600106
- Wikidata
- Q707098