Thoracoacromial artery

Thoracoacromial artery
Branches of axillary artery, including thoracoacromial artery
The scapular and circumflex arteries. (Thoracoacromial branch of thoracoacromial labeled at upper right.)
Details
Source	axillary artery
Identifiers
Latin	arteria thoracoacromialis
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_62/12159712
TA	A12.2.09.005
FMA	22671
Anatomical terminology []

The thoracoacromial artery (acromiothoracic artery; thoracic axis) is a short trunk that arises from the forepart of the axillary artery, its origin being generally overlapped by the upper edge of the Pectoralis minor.

Projecting forward to the upper border of the Pectoralis minor, it pierces the coracoclavicular fascia and divides into four branches—pectoral, acromial, clavicular, and deltoid.

Mnemonics used to remember the four branches are:

The axillary artery and its branches.

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