Subscapular


	Latin	a subscapularis
	GraySubject	149
	Image	axillary_agif
	Caption	Axillary artery and its branches - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax
	BranchFrom	Axillary Artery
	BranchTo	Circumflex Scapular Artery , Thoracodorsal Artery
	Supplies	Latissimus Dorsi

The subscapular artery, the largest branch of the Axillary Artery , arises at the lower border of the Subscapularis , which it follows to the inferior angle of the Scapula , where it Anastomoses with the Lateral Thoracic and Intercostal arteries and with the descending branch of the Transverse Cervical , and ends in the neighboring muscles. About 4 cm. from its origin it gives off a branch, the Scapular Circumflex Artery .

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