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{{Use American English|date = January 2019}}
{{Short description|Large blood vessel}}
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{{Infobox artery
| Name        = scapular artery
| Latin       = arteria subscapularis
| Image       = Axillary_branches.PNG
| Caption     = Axillary artery and its branches, including subscapular artery - anterior view of right upper limb and thorax.
| Image2      = Gray521.png
| Caption2    = The scapular and circumflex arteries.
| BranchFrom  = [[Axillary artery]]
| BranchTo    = [[Circumflex scapular artery]], [[thoracodorsal artery]]
| Supplies    = [[Latissimus dorsi]]
}}
The '''subscapular artery''', the largest branch of the [[axillary artery]],<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mills |first=N. L. |last2=Dupin |first2=C. L. |last3=Everson |first3=C. T. |last4=Leger |first4=C. L. |date=January 1993 |title=The subscapular artery: an alternative conduit for coronary bypass |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8422491/ |journal=Journal of Cardiac Surgery |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=66–71 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-8191.1993.tb00576.x |issn=0886-0440 |pmid=8422491|doi-access=free }}</ref> arises from the third part of the axillary artery at the lower border of the [[subscapularis muscle]], which it follows to the inferior angle of the [[scapula]], where it [[anastomoses]] with the [[lateral thoracic]] and [[intercostal arteries]], and with the descending branch of the [[dorsal scapular artery]] (a.k.a. deep branch of the transverse cervical artery if it arises from the cervical trunk), and ends in the neighboring muscles.

About 4&nbsp;cm from its origin it gives off two branches, first the [[scapular circumflex artery]] and then the [[thoracodorsal artery]].

From the [[thoracodorsal artery]], it supplies [[Latissimus dorsi muscle|latissimus dorsi]], while the [[scapular circumflex artery]] participates in the [[Scapular anastomosis|scapular anastamosis]]. It terminates in an anastomosis with the [[dorsal scapular artery]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Clinically Oriented Anatomy Seventh Edition|last=Moore|first=Keith|publisher=Wolters Kluwer|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4511-1945-9|pages=716–717}}</ref>

==Additional images==
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File:Slide13SSS.JPG|Subscapular artery
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.microsurgeon.org/subscapular%20vessels%20system%203.jpg Illustration at microsurgeon.org]
* [http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session1/group50/branch_of_axillary_artery.jpg Photo at mvm.ed.ac.uk]
* {{NormanAnatomy|lesson3axillaryart&vein}}

{{Arteries of upper limbs}}
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[[Category:Arteries of the upper limb]]


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