Anatom3DPectoral branch of right thoraco-acromial artery
Rami pectorales arteriae thoracoacromialis dextrae · Prsní větev pravé hrudonadpažkové tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A branch of the thoraco-acromial artery running down between the two chest muscles.
What it does
Supplies the pectoralis major and minor and part of the breast.
Keeping it well
Carries the blood supply of the pectoralis major flap used to rebuild the head and neck after cancer surgery.
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)