Subclavian artery
Major arteries of the upper thorax, below the clavicle / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In human anatomy, the subclavian arteries are paired major arteries of the upper thorax, below the clavicle. They receive blood from the aortic arch. The left subclavian artery supplies blood to the left arm and the right subclavian artery supplies blood to the right arm, with some branches supplying the head and thorax. On the left side of the body, the subclavian comes directly off the aortic arch, while on the right side it arises from the relatively short brachiocephalic artery when it bifurcates into the subclavian and the right common carotid artery.
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Subclavian artery | |
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Details | |
Source | Aortic arch (left) Brachiocephalic (right) |
Branches | Vertebral artery internal thoracic artery thyrocervical trunk costocervical trunk dorsal scapular artery (mostly) |
Vein | Subclavian vein |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arteria subclavia |
MeSH | D013348 |
TA98 | A12.2.08.001 |
TA2 | 4537 |
FMA | 3951 |
Anatomical terminology |
The usual branches of the subclavian on both sides of the body are the vertebral artery, the internal thoracic artery, the thyrocervical trunk, the costocervical trunk and the dorsal scapular artery, which may branch off the transverse cervical artery, which is a branch of the thyrocervical trunk. The subclavian becomes the axillary artery at the lateral border of the first rib.