Brachial Artery - Branches

Branches

  • Profunda brachii artery (deep brachial artery)
  • Superior ulnar collateral artery
  • Inferior ulnar collateral artery
  • Radial artery (a terminal branch)
  • Ulnar artery (a terminal branch)
  • Nutrient branches to the humerus

as well as important anastomotic networks of the elbow and (as the axillary artery) the shoulder.

The biceps head is lateral to the brachial artery. The median nerve is medial to the brachial artery for most of its course.

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