Left subscapular artery

Looks like

The largest branch of the axillary artery, running down along the lower edge of the shoulder blade muscle.

What it does

Supplies the muscles around the shoulder blade and the side of the chest through its two big branches.

Keeping it well

Source of several reconstructive flaps (latissimus, scapular); forms a bypass network around the shoulder.

Its parts

• Left circumflex scapular artery
• Left thoracodorsal artery

Related conditions

• High blood pressure
• High cholesterol
• Hypothermia & frostbite
• Kawasaki disease
• Metabolic syndrome
• Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
• Peripheral artery disease
• Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
• Pre-eclampsia
• Raynaud's phenomenon
• Sepsis
• Shock (circulatory failure)
• Takayasu arteritis
• Thoracic outlet syndrome
• Vasculitis (GCA & others)