Complex Variations in Branching Pattern of the Axillary Artery and Hands with the Persistent Median Artery

Jun Hyun Park; Se Hyun Kang; Tai Kyoung Baik; Ran Sook Woo; Dae Yong Song; YOO HONG IL (유홍일)

doi:10.11637/aba.2020.33.4.193

Complex Variations in Branching Pattern of the Axillary Artery and Hands with the Persistent Median Artery

Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
Abbr : Anat Biol Anthropol
2020, 33(4), pp.193~198
DOI : 10.11637/aba.2020.33.4.193
Publisher : 대한체질인류학회
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Anatomy
Received : November 11, 2020
Accepted : November 27, 2020
Published : December 31, 2020

Jun Hyun Park ¹, Se Hyun Kang ¹, Tai Kyoung Baik ¹, Ran Sook Woo ², Dae Yong Song ², YOO HONG IL ³

¹Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Eulji University School of Medicine
²Department of Anatomy and Neurosciences, Eulji University School of Medicine, Daejeon, Korea
³을지대학교

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ABSTRACT

We report bilateral multiple variations in branching pattern of the axillary artery and superficial palmar arch of the hand in an 84-year-old Korean female cadaver. First, we identified an aberrant trunk with high bifurcation of the deep brachial artery from the left axillary artery. Second, the persistent median artery accompanied with a median nerve and formed the superficial palmar arch in the left hand. Third, a common trunk was originated from the second part of the right axillary artery, and divided into lateral thoracic, subscapular, and circumflex humeral arteries, respectively. Finally, the superficial palmar branch of radial artery lies superficial to the thenar muscles and gave rise to a common trunk of the princeps pollicis and radialis indicis arteries on both hands. This case report alerts clinicians and anatomists to the possibility of concurrent complex bilateral variations in the upper limb.

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Axillary artery, Persistent median artery, Superficial palmar branch of radial artery, Anatomical variations

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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