Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Four Varieties of Axillary Artery Origin of the Radial Artery

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Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Four Varieties of Axillary Artery Origin of the Radial Artery

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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Four varieties of origin of the radial artery from the axillary artery.

Left:

Independent radial artery arising from axillary artery
Radial artery arising from the axillary artery with a contribution, the usual site of origin, from the brachial
A slender artery arising from the axillary artery continuing as the radial artery - the major source of the radial is from the typical origin from the brachial artery
A slender artery becomes a superficial brachial artery.

R	radial artery
M	Median artery
I	Interosseous artery
C	Ulnar artery (Cubital artery)

From Dubreuil-Chambardel, 1925.

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