name	axillary_artery
namespace	http://cytomer.bioinf.med.uni-goettingen.de#
parent	 artery_of_upper_limb 
label [en]	axillary artery
speciesNo []	86
nameGermanSynonym []	Achsel-Arterie
label [med]	Arteria axillaris
label [de]	Achselschlagader
nameEnglishSynonym []	
annotationRemark []	dka
ACC []	cy0015753
nameMedicineSynonym []	
comment [de]	Fortsetzung der Arteria subclavia ab der 1. Rippe bis zum Unterrand des Musculus pectoralis major; Äste: Arteria thoracica superior, Arteria thoracoacromialis, Arteria thoracica laterale, Arteria subscapularis, Arteria circumflexa humeri anterior und posterior; Versorgungsgebiet: Muskulatur der seitlichen Brustwand, der Schultergegend, des Oberarms
comment [en]	The continuation of the subclavian artery after crossing the first rib to enter the axilla; becomes the brachial arteria upon passing the inferior border of the teres major muscle; it is accompanied by the cords of the brachial plexus, and is enclosed with them and the axillary vein in the axillary sheath as it traverses the axilla; branches: superior thoracic artery, thoracoacromial arterial trunk, lateral thoracic artery, subscapular artery, anterior and posterior humeral circumflex arteries
organNo []	373
isOriginOf	superior_thoracic_artery
isOriginOf	anterior_circumflex_humeral_artery
isOriginOf	posterior_circumflex_humeral_artery
isOriginOf	subscapular_artery
isOriginOf	thoracoacromial_artery
becomes	brachial_artery
becomes	subclavian_artery
isOriginOf	lateral_thoracic_artery
isOriginOf	subscapular_branches_of_axillary_artery