Research Article

Comparative Gross Anatomy of the Forelimb Arteries of the Japanese Monkey (Macaca fuscata) and a Comparative Pattern of Forelimb Arterial Distribution in Primates

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Schema of the common arterial pattern in the thoracic limb of Macaca fuscata. (1) Axillary artery; (2) Subscapularis artery and its branches: interossea communis, subscapularis, circumflexa scapulae, and thoracodorsalis; (3) Common trunk for subscapularis, circumflexa scapulae, and thoracodorsalis; (4) Common circumflexa humeri; (5) Thoracodorsalis; (6) Circumflexa scapulae; (7) Subscapularis continuation; (8) Circumflexa humeri cranialis; (9) Profunda brachii; (10) Brachialis; (11) Collateralis ulnaris; (13) Radialis; (14) Ulnaris; (15) Recurrens ulnaris; (16) Recurrens radialis; (17) Interossea communis; (25) Arcus palmaris superficialis; (26) Princeps pollicis; (∆) Digitales communis arteries; (27) Collateralis ulnaris; (28) Interossea cranialis; (29) Interossea caudalis. An arrow indicates the circumflexa humeri caudalis.