left posterior circumflex humeral artery
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Definition
An artery that branches from the axilliary artery and supplies the deltoid, teres major, teres minor, and long and lateral heads of the triceps brachii muscles, glenohumeral joint, and the cutaneous supply to the area posterolateral to the proximal humerus. This artery courses posteriorly with the axillary nerve, through the quadrangular space, to the posterior aspect of the humerus and anastomoses with the anterior 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/).
Neighbouring structures
- left anterior circumflex humeral artery
- left costocervical artery
- left deep brachial artery
- left inferior ulnar collateral artery
- left internal thoracic artery
- left lateral thoracic artery
- left radial artery
- left subscapular artery
- left superior ulnar collateral artery
- left thoraco-acromial artery
- left thyrocervical artery
- left ulnar artery
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Identifiers
- FMA
- 22687
- Wikidata
- Q66514728