Anomalous branching order of the superior and lateral thoracic arteries
โ Scribed by Mehtap Yuksel; Eser Yuksel
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 443 KB
- Volume
- 10
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0897-3806
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โฆ Synopsis
The superior thoracic and lateral thoracic arteries usually arise from the axillary artery as the first and second branches, respectively. Although anomalies have been described, no reports of a reversal of the order of origin have been found. In two cadaveric dissections, the lateral thoracic artery was found to arise cephalad to the superior thoracic artery. Clin. Anat.
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