vessels of upper limb

2. • What is an axis artery?
• What is the axis artery of upper limb?
• What are Vena comitans ?

3. VESSELS OF UPPER LIMB
• Subclavian artery
• Axillary artery
• Brachial artery
• Radial artery
• Ulnar artery
• Palmer arches

4. VESSELS OF UPPER LIMB

5. SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY

6. SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
• Extent: origin to outer border of 1st rib
• Parts: 3 with reference to scalenus anterior
muscle
• Branches
– 1st part: Vertebral, Internal thoracic & Thyrocervial
trunk
– 2nd part: Costocervical trunk
– 3rd part: Dorsal scapular artery

7. Axillary artery

8. Axillary artery
• Extent: 1st rib to teres major
• Parts: 3; with reference to
pectoralis minor
• Branches
– 1st part: Superior thoracic
– 2nd part: thoracoacromian &
lat thoracic
– 3rd part: subscapular, ant
circumflex & post circumflex

9. • Extent: teres major to
head of radius
• Branches:
– Profonda brachii
– Superior ulnar collateral
– Inferior ulnar collateral
– Nutrient to humerus
– Radial
– Ulnar
Brachial artery

10. Radial artery
• Extent: origin to between the
heads of adductor pollicis
• Continuation: deep palmar
arch

11. Radial artery: branches
• Forearm
– Radial recurrent artery
– Palmar carpal branch
– Superficial palmar branch
• Wrist
– Dorsal carpal branch
– First dorsal metacarpal
artery
• Hand
– Princeps pollicis
– Radialis indicis
– Deep palmer arch

12. Ulnar artery
• Larger of 2 terminal
branches of brachial
artery
• Extent: origin to
transverse carpal
ligament
• Continuation:
superficial palmer
arch

13. Ulnar artery: branches
• Anterior ulnar recurrent
• posterior ulnar recurrent
• common interosseous
• muscular artery
• Palmer carpal
• Dorsal carpal
• Deep palmer
• Superficial palmer arch

14. Palmer arches
• Deep
– Radial artery + deep branch of ulnar
– At base of metacarpels & interossei
– covered by oblique head of the
adductor pollicis, the flexor tendons
of fingers and lumbricals
– Br: Palmer metacarpel arteries
• Superficial
– Ulnar + sup br of radial
– At distal border of extended thumb
– Br: 3 common palmer digital
branches

15. veins

16. • What is an axis artery?
• What is the axis artery of upper limb?
• What are Vena comitans ?

17. Task
• Allen’s test?