Anatom3DDeltoid branch of left thoraco-acromial artery
Ramus deltoideus arteriae thoracoacromialis sinistrae · Deltová větev levé hrudonadpažkové tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A branch of the thoraco-acromial artery running in the groove between the deltoid and chest muscle, with the cephalic vein.
What it does
Supplies the deltoid and pectoralis major.
Keeping it well
A landmark in shoulder surgery through the front approach; can bleed if cut.
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)