Anatomy & Physiology: Current Research
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Olutayo Ariyo

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• Case Report
  A High Origin Subscapular Trunk and its Clinical Implications
  Author(s): Olutayo Ariyo Olutayo Ariyo
  
  Important variations in the arrangement of branches of the axillary artery revolve around the origin of the subscapular artery. The case of a "high origin" subscapular artery as a common trunk to lateral thoracic, common circumflex humeral trunk in the left upper limb of a 72 year-old female cadaver, is discussed. This variant trunk originated posterior to the pectoralis minor muscle about 2-3 cm posteroinferior to that of the thoracoaromial artery. Trunk formations in the axillary artery with four or more branches sharing a common stem of origin are infrequent compared with those with fewer numbers. In certain surgical orthopedic procedures, surgeons sometimes administer a ligature in the 3rd part of the artery, relying on a suprascapular/dorsal scapular-circumflex scapular colateral pathway to dump blood into the artery distal to the ligature. Surgeons engaged in placing s.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0940.1000296

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