JuniperPublishers- Variation in Bifurcation of Brachial Artery: A Case Report
Journal of Surgery - JuniperPublishers Go to Abstract Brachial artery, the main artery of the arm, usually distributes at the level of neck of radius into two branches. This article reports a case of high division of the brachial artery at the level of insertion of the coraco brachialis muscle. This variation, though not very rare, occurs in the embryo due to permanence of the upper portion of the radial artery rising from the brachial artery proximal to the origin of the ulnar artery followed by failure of development of the new connector of the radial artery with the brachial artery at the level of origin of the ulnar artery. High division of the brachial artery has a deep applied importance especially in the field of vascular surgery and radiology, and the feasibility of this variation should be bore in mind before any vascular surgery in the region of the forearm or while interpreting arterio grams of the upper limb. Keywords: Brachial artery; Variation; Radial