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Subscapular artery

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Source
  
Axillary artery

Latin
  
arteria subscapularis

FMA
  
22677

Supplies
  
Latissimus dorsi

TA
  
A12.2.09.013

Subscapular artery

Branches
  
circumflex scapular artery, thoracodorsal artery

The subscapular artery, the largest branch of the axillary artery, arises at the lower border of the Subscapularis muscle, which it follows to the inferior angle of the scapula, where it anastomoses with the lateral thoracic and intercostal arteries, and with the descending branch of the dorsal scapular artery (a.k.a. deep branch of the transverse cervical artery if it arises from the cervical trunk), and ends in the neighboring muscles.

About 4 cm. from its origin it gives off two branches, first the scapular circumflex artery and then the thoracodorsal artery.

References

Subscapular artery Wikipedia