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Thoracodorsal artery

Thoracodorsal artery
Latissimus dorsi
Axillary artery and its branches - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax.
Details
SourceSubscapular artery
SuppliesLatissimus dorsi
Identifiers
Latinarteria thoracodorsalis
TA98A12.2.09.014
TA24628
FMA66320
Anatomical terminology

The thoracodorsal artery is a branch of the subscapular artery. It passes inferior-ward upon the suface of the serratus anterior muscle (which it supplies posteroinferiorly to the lateral thoracic artery).[1] It is accompanied by the thoracodorsal nerve along its source. It also supplies the latissimus dorsi.[citation needed]

It forms anastomoses with intercostal arteries.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "thoracodorsal artery - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  • Anatomy figure: 05:04-21 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "The axillary artery and its major branches shown in relation to major landmarks."
  • Anatomy photo:05:07-0303 at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Major Branches of the Axillary Artery"
  • lesson3axillaryart&vein at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)


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