Ann Clin Anat | Volume 1, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

A Variant Branch of the Axillary Artery Impacting in the Superficial Palmar Arch Composition

Expedito S Nascimento Jr^*, Jorge Landivar Coutinho, Karolina Duarte Rego, Jeovana Pinheiro F Souza, Marina Maria VF Caldas, Naryllenne Maciel Araújo, Wylqui Mikael G Andrade and Fernando Vagner Lobo Ladd

Department of Morphology, Bioscience Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

^*Correspondance to: Expedito S Nascimento 

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Abstract

During routine dissection of an approximately 60-year-old female cadaver for the undergraduate medical students at Morphology Department of Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, was observed a variant branch originated from the second part of the axillary artery. The second part of the right axillary artery gave rise to aberrant brachial artery that travels down superficially in the medial aspect of the upper limb. Furthermore, this superficial brachial artery terminates in the superficial palmar arch completely replacing the ulnar artery at this level. Variations in the upper limb arterial distribution are notably important for surgeons performing interventional or diagnostic in vascular diseases.

Keywords:

Axillary artery; Superficial palmar arch; Anatomic variation

Citation:

Nascimento Jr ES, Coutinho JL, Rego KD, Souza JPF, Caldas MMVF, Araújo NM, et al. A Variant Branch of the Axillary Artery Impacting in the Superficial Palmar Arch Composition. Ann Clin Anat. 2018;1(1):1003.