Branches of the Brachial Artery (MA)

Question 1

What are the branches of the brachial artery and what muscles do they supply ?

Answer 1

P- profunda
N- nutrient artery of the humerus
S-superior ulnar
M-middle ulnar collateral artery
I-Inferior ulnar collateral artery
D-deltoid artery
R-radial artery
U-ulnar artery

(SIMP NURD)

Question 2

When does the axillary artery become the brachial artery

Answer 2

as the axillary artery courses through the axial it is going to cross a boundary at the inferior margin of the muscle called the Teres Major, and at that point it changes its name to becoming the brachial artery