PMC4002576_01
Schematic representation of brachial plexus and artery in normal and variant form. UT: Upper trunk; MT: Medial Trunk; IT: Inferior Trunk, AD [UT]: Anterior division of Upper Trunk; AD [MT]: Anterior division of Middle Trunk; AD [IT]: Anterior division of Inferior Trunk; PD [UT]: Posterior division of Upper Trunk; PD [MT]: Posterior division of Middle Trunk; PD [IT]: Posterior division of Inferior Trunk; PD [C8]: Posterior division of C8; MC Medial Cord; PC: Posterior cord; MR [MN]: Middle root of median nerve; LR [MN]: Lateral root of median nerve; MCN: Musculocutaneous Nerve; MN: Median Nerve; UN: Ulnar Nerve; RN: Radial Nerve; AN: Axillary Nerve; SCN: Suprascapular Nerve; MBCN: Medial Brachial Cutaneous Nerve; LPN: Lateral pectoral nerve; MPN: Medial Pectoral Nerve; SA: Subclavian Artery; AA: Axillary Artery; SBA: Superficial Brachial Artery; dBA: Deep Brachial Artery; DSC: Deep Scapular Artery; SCA: SupraScapural Artery; STA: Superior Thoracic Artery; TA: Thoracoacromial Artery; CA: Clavicular Artery; DA: Deltoid Artery; AcA: Acromial Artery; SuSA: SubScapular Artery; LTA: Lateral Thoracic Artery; TDA: Thoracodorsal Artery; CSA: Circumflex Scapular Artery; ACHA: Anterior Circumflex Humeral Artery; PCHA: Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery; IPA: Inferior Pectoral Artery.
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Artery. A highly diagrammatic presentation of typical anatomy is provided at Figure  1 and that of the variation is illustrated at Figure  1 while a photo at Figure  2.
Cadaveric photo of variation of brachial plexus and axillary artery variations. UT: Upper trunk; MT: Medial Trunk; IT: Inferior Trunk; AD [UT]: Anterior division of Upper Trunk; AD [MT]: Anterior division of Middle Trunk; AD [IT]: Anterior division of Inferior Trunk; PD [UT]: Posterior division of Upper Trunk; PD [MT]: Posterior division of Middle Trunk; PD [C8]: Posterior division of C8; MC: Medial Cord; PC: Posterior cord; MR [MN]: Middle root of median nerve; LR [MN: Lateral root of median nerve; MCN: Musculocutaneous Nerve; MN: Median Nerve; UN: Ulnar Nerve; RN: Radial Nerve; AN: Axillary Nerve; SCN: Suprascapular Nerve; MBCN: Medial Brachial Cutaneous Nerve; LPN: Lateral pectoral nerve; MPN: Medial Pectoral Nerve; SA: Subclavian Artery; SCA: Suprascapular Artery; DSC: Deep Scapular Artery; AA: Axillary Artery; SBA: Superficial Brachial Artery; dBA: Deep Brachial Artery; DSC: Deep Scapular Artery; TCA: Transverse Cervical Artery; STA: Superior Thoracic Artery; TA: Thoracoacromial Artery; PA [TA] Pectoral Branch of Thoracoacromial Artery; SuSA: Subscapular Artery; LTA: Lateral Thoracic Artery; TDA: Thoracodorsal Artery; CSA: Circumflex Scapular Artery; IPA: Inferior Pectoral Artery; ACHA: Anterior Circumflex Humeral Artery; PCHA: Posterior Circumflex Humeral Artery.
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Artery. A highly diagrammatic presentation of typical anatomy is provided at Figure  1 and that of the variation is illustrated at Figure  1 while a photo at Figure  2.
Cadaveric photo of cephalic vein abscence. BV: Basilic Vein; MCV: Middle cubital vein; OV (F): Oblique vein draining forearm; OV (H): Oblique vein draining humeral region.
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Superficial radial surface of the forearm and brachial region was drained by two veins that had oblique course, upwards and downwards respectively, and ended as branches of the basilica vein (Figure  3).