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case_images: Showing origin of suprascapular artery from the thyrocervical trunk, as described in standard text books. CL, clavicle; SA, Scalenus anterior muscle; SSA, suprascapular artery; SUB, subclavian artery; TC, transverse cervical artery; TCT, thyrocervical trunk.
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case_images: Anatomy (Figure 1). A total of 28 upper limbs from 14 cadavers of North Indian origin were observed.
case_images: Showing anomalous origin of the suprascapular artery from the first part of the axillary artery. AA, axillary artery; CP, coracoid process; LC, lateral cord; PMi, pectoralis minor; SSA, suprascapular artery; SSN, suprascapular nerve.
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case_images: Of these limbs, an aberrant origin of the suprascapular artery from the first part of the axillary artery (Figure 2) was detected in only one limb, constituting 3.6% of this sample. Both nerve and artery passed beneath the transverse scapular ligament anomalously (Figure 2) and thereafter the artery entered the supraspinous fossa where it irrigated the supraspinatus muscle and took part in the anastomosis around the scapula.