Suprascapular artery

SUPRASCAPULAR ARTERY

  • It is small and flexuous vessel arising from the upper face of the brachial artery about the middle of its extra thoracic course.
  • It ascends and dips in the space between the supraspinatus and subscapularis in company with its satellite vein and suprascapular nerve and divides to supply the subscapularis, supraspinatus, brachiocephalicus and the terminal part of the deep pectoral muscle.
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