Superior thoracic artery

Superior thoracic artery
Superior thoracic artery
	The axillary artery and its branches (superior throracic artery is the upper-rightmost artery)
Details
Source	Axillary artery
Branches	Anastomoses with intercostal arteries and/or internal thoracic artery
Supplies	Serratus anterior
Identifiers
Latin	arteria thoracica superior
TA98	A12.2.09.004
TA2	4618
FMA	22668
	Anatomical terminology

The superior thoracic artery (highest thoracic artery) is a small artery^[1] located near the armpit.^{[citation needed]} It usually originates from (the first division of) the axillary artery, but can instead originate from the thoracoacromial artery (itself a branch of the second division of the axillary artery). It supplies the pectoralis minor and major muscles, and the chest wall.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[:2245-1] Standring, Susan (2020). Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice (42nd ed.). New York. p. 921. ISBN 978-0-7020-7707-4. OCLC 1201341621.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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