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  2. Brachial artery - Wikipedia

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    The brachial artery is the major blood vessel of the (upper) arm. It is the continuation of the axillary artery beyond the lower margin of teres major muscle . It continues down the ventral surface of the arm until it reaches the cubital fossa at the elbow .

  3. Arm - Wikipedia

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    Main arteries of the arm. The main artery in the arm is the brachial artery. This artery is a big continuation of the axillary artery. The point at which the axillary becomes the brachial is distal to the lower border of teres major. The brachial artery gives off an unimportant branch, the deep artery of arm.

  4. Deep artery of arm - Wikipedia

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    The deep artery of arm (also known as deep brachial artery) is a large artery of the arm which arises from the brachial artery. It descends in the arm before ending by anastomosing with the radial recurrent artery .

  5. Brachial veins - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the brachial veins are venae comitantes of the brachial artery in the arm proper. Because they are deep to muscle, they are considered deep veins.Their course is that of the brachial artery (in reverse): they begin where radial veins and ulnar veins join (corresponding to the bifurcation of the brachial artery).

  6. Fascial compartments of arm - Wikipedia

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    The anterior compartment of the arm is also known as the flexor compartment of the arm as its main action is that of flexion. The anterior compartment is one of the two anatomic compartments of the upper arm, the other being the posterior compartment. The compartment contains three muscles; the biceps brachii, the brachialis and the ...

  7. Axillary artery - Wikipedia

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    In human anatomy, the axillary artery is a large blood vessel that conveys oxygenated blood to the lateral aspect of the thorax, the axilla (armpit) and the upper limb. Its origin is at the lateral margin of the first rib , before which it is called the subclavian artery .

  8. Cubital fossa - Wikipedia

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    The brachial artery. The artery usually bifurcates near the apex (inferior part) of the cubital fossa into the radial artery (superficial) and ulnar artery (deeper) The median nerve; The ulnar nerve is also in the area, but is not in the cubital fossa; it occupies a groove on the posterior aspect of the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

  9. Upper limb - Wikipedia

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    Arteries of the upper limb: The superior thoracic, thoracoacromial, posterior circumflex humeral and subscapular branches of the axillary artery. The deep brachial, superior ulnar collateral, inferior ulnar collateral, radial, ulnar, nutrient and muscular branches of the brachial artery.