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lateral thoracic artery

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001396

A blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the lateral structures of the thorax and breast. It originates from the axillary artery and follows the lower border of the Pectoralis minor muscle to the side of the chest, supplies the serratus ventralis muscle and the Pectoralis major muscle, and sends branches across the axilla to the axillary lymph nodes and Subscapularis muscle. It anastomoses with the internal thoracic artery, subscapular, and intercostal arteries, and with the pectoral branch of the thoracoacromial artery. In the female it supplies an external mammary branch which turns round the free edge of the Pectoralis major and supplies the breasts. [WP,unvetted]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_thoracic_artery ]

Synonyms: external mammary artery

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uberon_slim, human_reference_atlas

depicted by

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Axillary_branches.PNG

has related synonym

arteria thoracalis lateralis

id

UBERON:0001396

prefLabel

Lateral thoracic artery

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606

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