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Title: Text-book of massage and remedial gymnastics
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Despard, L.L. (Louisa L.)
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Publisher: London : Henry Frowde : Hodder & Stoughton
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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nnominate Artery si)rin<^s from the arch of the aorta near its right ,extremity. Jt ascends to opposite the right sterno-clavicular articulation, wiiere itterminates in the right subclavian and right connnon carotid arteries. It varies inlength from 1-^ to 2 iiuhcs. AKTKinES OF THE HEAD AND NECK The Right Common Carotid Artery ari.ses from the innominate arteryand ))asses obli((uely upwards in the neck on the right side, to the level of thethyroid cartihige, where it divides into the external and internal carotid arteries. The Left Common Carotid Artery arises from the liighest part of the THE VASCULAR SYSTEM 177 rch of the aorta; it passes upwards in the neck on the left side as far as thehyroid cartilage, where it also divides into external and internal carotid arteries. The common carotid arteries and their branches constitute the main bloodapply of the head and neck, the contents of the cranium receiving their supply 3 Axillary vein Lateral thoracicartery Dorsal thoracicnerve
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Circumflex scapu-lar artery Teres major Latissiuius dorsi Fio. 102.—Thk Axillary Artery and its Branches and Relations. rom the internal carotid arteries while the structures more externally placed, suchIs the muscles of the face and neck, the tongue, ear, etc., are supplied by theL\ternal branches. The brain also receives a supply of blood from the vertebral arteries. artekip:8 of the upper extremity The Subclavian Autkkiks The Right Subclavian Artery arises from the innominate artery, at a>oint behind llie right slcrno-clavicular articulation, and arches laterally acrosshe base of the neck behind the scalenus anterior muscle to the lateral border ofhe first rib, where it enters the axillary s))ace and l)ecomes tiie axillary artery. The Left Subclavian Artery arises from the arch of the aorta, and is thusa little longer than its fellow of the opposite side. It passes upwards to the root;»f the neck, and fn.m this jjoint the courses of the two arteries are identical.i The Axil

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