RIGHT SIDE

Found only on the right side of

the body; shunts blood to the
right while the aorta continues to
the left

LEFT SIDE

Aortic Arch

Brachiocephalic
Subclavian travels under the
sternoclavicular joint and arches just
superior to the clavicle (deep to it)

Subclavian

Subclavian

Lateral border of first rib

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Thoracoacromial 1 branch for shoulder and thorax

Axillary

Descends along thoracic wall;

supplies blood to serratus anterior,
pec major, and subscapularis

Lateral Thoracic
Subscapular

Circumflex
Scapular
Thoracodorsal
Supplies latissimus dorsi
and lies with
thoracodorsal n.

Insertion of teres major muscle

Anterior Circumflex
Humeral
Brachial

Used to take blood pressure

Posterior Circumflex
Humeral
Deep Brachial

Lateral branch of
brachial artery; used to
take a pulse

Emerges posteriorly
through the triangular
space

Radial

Ulnar

Circles the surgical neck

of the humerus; very
small vessel

Found in the quadrangular space;

Circles the surgical neck of the
humerus; this vessel is 3 times larger
than the anterior

Travels in the radial groove with the

radial nerve; supplies blood to the
triceps brachii

Medial branch of brachial artery; lies with ulnar n. in the

distal 2/3 of arm

Common Interosseous
Deep Palmar Arterial Arch
DPAA and SPAA anastomose with each other

Superficial Palmar
Arterial Arch

Supplies blood to muscles that arise from anterior

and posterior surfaces of interosseous membrane
(abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis brevis,
extensor indicis)