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  '''This page is based around the anatomy of the canine forelimb.'''

  '''This page is based around the anatomy of the canine forelimb.'''

  '''Essentially the lay out of the arteries is similar in domestic species.'''

  '''Essentially the lay out of the arteries is similar in domestic species.'''

Oxygenated blood leaving the heart flows into the aorta, one of it's earliest branches is the '''subclavian artery''' which supplies blood to the forelimb, neck and cervicothoracic junction. It moves round the cranial border of the first rib and enters the limb via the axilla; at this point it changes it's name to the '''axillary artery'''. It is this vessel that supplies the forelimb.

Oxygenated blood leaving the heart flows into the aorta, one of it's earliest branches is the '''subclavian artery''' which supplies blood to the forelimb, neck and cervicothoracic junction. It moves round the cranial border of the first rib and enters the limb via the axilla; at this point it changes it's name to the '''axillary artery'''. It is this vessel that supplies the forelimb.

=='''Axillary Artery'''==

=='''Axillary Artery'''==

It crosses the axillary space and continues distally along the medial aspect of the limb. Below are the branches of the axillary artery.

It crosses the axillary space and continues distally along the medial aspect of the limb. Below are the branches of the axillary artery.

* '''Axillary a.'''

* '''Axillary a.'''

* '''Median a.''' - runs on the caudomedial aspect with the median nerve deep to the flexor carpi radialis, passes through the carpal canal and forms branches to connect with the interosseous aa. thus forming the arterial arches of the foot.  

* '''Median a.''' - runs on the caudomedial aspect with the median nerve deep to the flexor carpi radialis, passes through the carpal canal and forms branches to connect with the interosseous aa. thus forming the arterial arches of the foot.  

** '''Radial a.'''

** '''Radial a.'''