Anatom3DTrunk of left thoraco-acromial artery
Truncus arteriae thoracoacromialis sinistrae · Kmen levé hrudonadpažkové tepny
Heart & arteries
Looks like
The short common stem of the thoraco-acromial artery before it splits into its four branches.
What it does
Carries blood from the axillary artery to the chest muscles, shoulder tip and collarbone.
Keeping it well
Rarely a problem alone; a landmark in surgery below the collarbone.
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)