Article
Rare variation of the arm artery: coexistence with the superficial brachial and superficial subscapular arteries in the absence of the normal brachial artery.
Okajimas folia anatomica Japonica - 1 May 2003
Yoshinaga Kazuya, Kodama Kodo, Kameta Katsuharu, Karasawa Natsuko, Kanenaka Naosuke, Kohno Sayaka, Suganuma Tatsuo
Abstract excerpt
A rare variation in the arterial pattern was found in the right arm of an 87-year-old male cadaver in a student dissection practice. In this case, the superficial brachial and superficial subscapular arteries coexisted in the absence of the normal brachial artery (A. brachialis profunda). After branching off a large-sized superficial subscapular artery, the axillary artery did not penetrate the brachial plexus...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arm
- Axillary Artery
- Brachial Artery
- Dissection
- Genetic Variation
- Humans
- Male
- Scapula