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circumflex scapular artery
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  circumflex scapular artery - an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular areaarteria circumflexa scapulaecircumflex artery - any of several paired curving arteriesarticulatio humeri, shoulder joint, shoulder - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula |
EncyclopediaSeearterycircumflex scapular artery
cir·cum·flex scap·u·lar ar·ter·y [TA] origin, terminal branch (with thoracodorsal artery) of the subscapular artery; distribution, muscles of shoulder and scapular region; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular and transverse cervical. Synonym(s): arteria circumflexa scapulae [TA]cir·cum·flex scap·u·lar ar·te·ry (sĭr'kŭm-fleks skap'yū-lăr ahr'tĕr-ē) [TA] Origin, subscapular; distribution, muscles of shoulder and scapular region; anastomoses, branches of suprascapular and transverse cervical. circumflex scapular arteryA branch of the subscapular artery. It supplies blood to the infraspinatus and subscapularis muscles and it anastomoses with the transverse cervical and suprascapular arteries. See also: arterycircumflex scapular artery
Related to circumflex scapular artery: subscapular artery, Posterior circumflex humeral artery, transverse scapular arterySynonyms for circumflex scapular arterynoun an artery that serves the muscles of the shoulder and scapular areaSynonyms- arteria circumflexa scapulae
Related Words- circumflex artery
- articulatio humeri
- shoulder joint
- shoulder
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