Rolandic Anatomy

Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery

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A large branch of the axillary artery that passes posteriorly through the quadrangular space with the axillary nerve, wrapping around the surgical neck of the humerus to supply the deltoid, rotator cuff, and shoulder joint.

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