| thoracoacromial | Relating to the acromion and the thorax; denoting especially the thoracoacromial artery. Synonym: acromiothoracic, thoracicoacromial. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| thoracoacromial artery | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and skin of shoulder and upper chest; anastomoses, branches of superior thoracic, internal thoracic, lateral thoracic, posterior and anterior circumflex humeral, and suprascapular. Synonym: arteria thoracoacromialis, acromiothoracic artery, thoracic axis, thoracoacromial trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracoacromial trunk | <anatomy, artery> Origin, axillary; distribution, muscles and skin of shoulder and upper chest; anastomoses, branches of superior thoracic, internal thoracic, lateral thoracic, posterior and anterior circumflex humeral, and suprascapular. Synonym: arteria thoracoacromialis, acromiothoracic artery, thoracic axis, thoracoacromial trunk. (05 Mar 2000) |
| thoracoacromial vein | <anatomy, vein> Corresponding to the artery of the same name, empties into the axillary vein, sometimes by a common trunk with the cephalic vein. Synonym: vena thoracoacromialis, thoracic axis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| acromial branch of thoracoacromial artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch of the thoracoacromial artery that runs over the coracoid process and under the deltoid muscle. Synonym: ramus acromialis arteriae thoracoacromialis, acromial artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| pectoral branch of thoracoacromial artery | <anatomy, artery> Branches of the thoracoacromial artery descending between and supplying the pectoralis major and minor muscles, then continuing to supply the serratus anterior muscle and, in the adult female, the upper portion of the breast. Synonym: rami pectorales arteriae thoracoacromialis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clavicular branch of thoracoacromial artery | <anatomy, artery> Distribution, subclavius muscle and sternoclavicular joint. Synonym: ramus clavicularis arteriae thoracoacromialis. (05 Mar 2000) |