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Descriptor English: Axillary Artery
Descriptor Spanish: Arteria Axilar
Descriptor arteria axilar
Scope note: La continuación de la arteria subclavia. Esta arteria irriga el miembro superior, la axila, el pecho y el hombro.
Descriptor Portuguese: Artéria Axilar
Descriptor French: Artère axillaire
Entry term(s): Arteries, Axillary
Artery, Axillary
Axillary Arteries
Tree number(s): A07.015.114.085
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001366
Scope note: The continuation of the subclavian artery; it distributes over the upper limb, axilla, chest and shoulder.
Allowable Qualifiers: AB abnormalities
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CY cytology
DE drug effects
DG diagnostic imaging
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
IM immunology
IN injuries
IR innervation
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
SU surgery
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
DeCS ID: 1378
Unique ID: D001366
NLM Classification: WG 595.A9
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Axillary Artery - Preferred
Concept UI M0002049
Scope note The continuation of the subclavian artery; it distributes over the upper limb, axilla, chest and shoulder.
Preferred term Axillary Artery
Entry term(s) Arteries, Axillary
Artery, Axillary
Axillary Arteries



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