Posterior humeral circumflex artery

Artery: Posterior humeral circumflex artery
The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Posterior hum. circumflex labeled at center right.)
The axillary artery and its branches. (Posterior humeral circumflex visible but not legibly labeled. Anterior humeral circumflex is labeled at center left, and posterior is visible on opposite side of brachial artery.)
Latin	arteria circumflexa humeri posterior
Gray's	subject #149 589
Source	axillary artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	a_61/12153912

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Overview

The posterior humeral circumflex artery (posterior circumflex artery, posterior circumflex humeral artery) arises from the axillary artery at the lower border of the Subscapularis, and runs backward with the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space.

It winds around the neck of the humerus and is distributed to the Deltoideus and shoulder-joint, anastomosing with the anterior humeral circumflex and profunda brachii.

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  Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind.

External links

• Duke Orthopedics posterior_humeral_circumflex_artery
• posterior+circumflex+humeral+artery at eMedicine Dictionary

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