IJAR.2018.288

Type of Article:  Case Report

Volume 6; Issue 3.3 (Septmber 2018)

Page No.: 5602-5604

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2018.288

UNILATERAL VARIATION IN BRANCHING PATTERN OF THIRD PART OF LEFT AXILLARY ARTERY: A CASE REPORT

B Muraleedhar *1,    M S Danigond 2.

*1 HOD & Associate professor Grameena Ayurvedic Medical College Terdal, Tq Jamkhandi Dist Baglkot, Karnataka, India.

2 Chairman and Anatomy adviser dept of Anatomy SDMT Ayurvedic Medical College Terdal Tq Jamkhandi Dist Baglkot, Karnataka, India.

Address for Correspondence:  B Muraleedhar, MD (Ay) PhD, HOD & Associate professor Grameena Ayurvedic Medical College Terdal, Tq Jamkhandi Dist Baglkot, Karnataka, India.  E-Mail: anatomymuralee@gmail.com

ABSTRACT:

The Axillary artery is the continuation of the subclavian artery and is a major artery of the upper limb. During the routine dissection for undergraduate Ayurvedic medical students of SDM Trust’s Ayurvedic Medical College, Terdal, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India, in the department of anatomy we come across a variation in branching pattern of third part of left axillary artery in male cadaver approximately 55 years of age. The first part and the second part of left axillary artery branches were found to be normal but third part of left axillary artery presenting only one common trunk. This common trunk running posteriorly and dividing into subscapular artery, Anterior circumflex Humeral Artery, Posterior circumflex Humeral Artery and profunda brachii artery.

Key words: Axillary Artery, Thoraco-Acromial Artery, Anterior And Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery, Common Trunk, Subscapular Artery, Lateral Thorasic Artery.

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Cite this article: B Muraleedhar, M S Danigond. UNILATERAL VARIATION IN BRANCHING PATTERN OF THIRD PART OF LEFT AXILLARY ARTERY: A CASE REPORT. Int J Anat Res 2018;6(3.3):5602-5604. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2018.288