Unilateral Variation In Branching Pattern Of Third Part Of Left Axillary Artery: A Case Report

ABSTRACT

The Axillary artery is the continuation of the subclavian artery and is a major artery of the upper limb. During theroutine dissection for undergraduate Ayurvedic medical students of SDM Trust’s Ayurvedic Medical College,Terdal, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India, in the department of anatomy we come across a variation in branchingpattern of third part of left axillary artery in male cadaver approximately 55 years of age. The first part and thesecond part of left axillary artery branches were found to be normal but third part of left axillary artery presentingonly one common trunk. This common trunk running posteriorly and dividing into subscapular artery, Anteriorcircumflex Humeral Artery, Posterior circumflex Humeral Artery and profunda brachii artery.