title: Retrosplenic course of the transverse cervical artery with the suprascapular artery travelling through the suprascapular notch.
abstract: Anatomical variations of the transverse cervical and suprascapular arteries are common. We report an adult male cadaver found to harbour an unusual variation of the right course of these two arteries. The transverse cervical artery arose independently from the first segment of the subclavian artery and passed deep to the anterior scalene muscle, a course which, to our knowledge, has not been reported before. Simultaneously, the ipsilateral suprascapular artery arose from the third segment of the subclavian artery and travelled posteriorly with the suprascapular nerve deep to the suprascapular ligament. We believe this is the first report of such a simultaneous occurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama 35233, USA. rstubbs@uab.edu
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Shoja
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Shokouhi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Loukas
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000002:abnormalities; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012540:Scapula / Q000098:blood supply*; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*