SUPERFICIAL BRACHIAL ARTERY CONTINUING INTO THE FOREARM AS THE RADIAL ARTERY

Abstract

The superficial brachial artery continuing into the forearm as the radial artery was observed in the right upper limb of an 86-year-old Japanese woman who died of pneumonia. The large-sized superficial brachial artery originating from the axillary artery descended ventral to the median nerve, crossed over the median nerve, and continued into the forearm as the radial artery. The small-sized brachial artery, the continuation of the axillary artery, gave off the deep brachial artery and continued into the forearm as the ulnar artery. The brachial artery joined the superficial brachial artery with an anastomotic branch.