Anterior Circumflex Humeral Artery Anatomy in 3D

A branch of the axillary artery that courses laterally and posteriorly around the surgical neck of the humerus, supplying the humeral head, glenohumeral joint, and surrounding musculature, and forming an important anastomotic network with the posterior circumflex humeral artery.

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