Posterior humeral circumflex artery

Posterior humeral circumflex artery
The axillary artery and its branches, including posterior humeral circumflex.
The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Posterior hum. circumflex labeled at center right.)
Details
Source	axillary artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria circumflexa humeri posterior
TA	A12.2.09.017
FMA	22684
Anatomical terminology []

The posterior humeral circumflex artery (posterior circumflex artery, posterior circumflex humeral artery) arises from the axillary artery at the lower border of the subscapularis, and runs posteriorly with the axillary nerve through the quadrangular space.

It winds around the neck of the humerus and is distributed to the deltoid muscle and shoulder-joint, anastomosing with the anterior humeral circumflex and deep artery of the arm.

It feeds the teres minor and deltoid muscles.

Suprascapular and axillary nerves of right side, seen from behind.

Posterior humeral circumflex artery

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)