Thoracodorsal artery

Thoracodorsal artery
Latissimus dorsi
Axillary artery and its branches - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax.
Details
SourceSubscapular artery
SuppliesLatissimus dorsi
Identifiers
Latinarteria thoracodorsalis
TA98A12.2.09.014
TA24628
FMA66320
Anatomical terminology

The thoracodorsal artery is a branch of the subscapular artery. It passes inferior-ward upon the surface of the serratus anterior muscle (which it supplies posteroinferiorly to the lateral thoracic artery).[1] It is accompanied by the thoracodorsal nerve along its source. It also supplies the latissimus dorsi.

It forms anastomoses with intercostal arteries.[1]

  1. ^ a b "thoracodorsal artery - Dictionnaire médical de l'Académie de Médecine". www.academie-medecine.fr. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
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