Arteries in the shoulder region

Question 1

Name the order of arteries starting at the aorta

Answer 1

Going to the right you get the brachiocephalic artery that branches into the common carotid artery and the subclavian artery–> Axillary artery–>brachial artery

Question 2

What arteries branch off the subclavian artery?

Answer 2

Thyrocervical trunk and the internal thoracic artery

Question 3

What does the thyrocervical trunk branch into?

Answer 3

The suprascapular artery and the Transverse cervical artery branch off it, and after these two branch off of the thyrocervical trunk, it becomes the Inferior thyroid artery

Question 4

When does the subclavian artery become the axillary artery?

Answer 4

When it crosses the lateral border of the first rib

Question 5

What arteries branch off from the axillary artery (HoTeL SPA)

Answer 5

Highest Thoracic Artery
Thoracoacromial artery
Lateral thoracic artery
Subscapular artery, and the posterior and anterior circumflex humeral arteries