Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery

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Artery: Deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery
Latin ramus deltoideus arteriae thoracoacromialis
Gray's subject #149 588
Supplies Deltoid muscle
Vein cephalic vein
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The deltoid branch of thoracoacromial artery, often arising with the acromial, crosses over the Pectoralis minor and passes in the same groove as the cephalic vein, between the Pectoralis major and Deltoideus, and gives branches to both muscles.

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