Left circumflex scapular artery

Looks like

A branch of the subscapular artery passing backward through a gap between shoulder muscles (the triangular space).

What it does

Supplies the muscles on the back of the shoulder blade and joins arteries around it.

Keeping it well

Its skin branches feed the scapular flap used in reconstructive 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)