thoracodorsal artery

thoracodorsal artery
tho·ra·co·dor·sal artery .thō-rə-kō-.dȯr-səl- n an artery that is continuous with the axillary artery, accompanies the thoracodorsal nerve, and supplies or gives off branches supplying the subscapularis muscle, latissimus dorsi, serratus anterior, and the intercostal muscles

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arteria thoracodorsalis.

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