Anat Cell Biol.  2024 Dec;57(4):511-516. 10.5115/acb.23.243.

Anatomical and morphometric features of the profunda brachii artery

• Şanlıtürk YN
• Zeybek N
• Gayretli
• Öztürk A

• KMID: 2562498
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5115/acb.23.243

Abstract

When the literature is examined, studies evaluating the profunda brachii artery (PBA) are limited as most studies only investigate the artery’s origin. In 44 upper extremities belonging to 24 human anatomical specimens, single and double PBAs were observed in 39 and five cases, respectively. In cases with a single PBA, the origin was the brachial artery (BA) in 35 cases and the posterior circumflex humeral artery in four cases. In cases with double PBAs, the artery’s origin was the BA. Morphometric measurements of single and double arteries originating from the first branch BA were evaluated separately and compared according to sex and side. Our study, in which the PBA was examined morphologically and morphometrically, contributes to the literature anatomically and radiologically in treating humerus fractures and lateral arm-flap applications by surgeons.

Keyword

Profunda brachii artery; Morphology; Morphometry; Human anatomical specimen; Brachial artery

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Double profunda brachii artery (PBA) cases of the brachial artery (BA) origin (right) (front view). MN, median nerve; RN, radial nerve.

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  Fig. 2 Profunda brachii originating from the posterior circumflex humeral artery (PCHA) (right) (front view). The red dotted line indicates the lower limit of the teres major. BA, brachial artery; PBA, profunda brachii artery; MN, median nerve; RN, radial nerve.

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  Fig. 3 Measurements numbered “1, 2, 3, 4” for morphometric evaluation and reference points used in these measurements (left) (front view).

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  Fig. 4 Measurements numbered “5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10” for morphometric evaluation and reference points used in these measurements (left) (front view). FBBA, first branch of the brachial artery; PBA, profunda brachii artery; BA, brachial artery; RN, radial nerve.

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