Arterial Supply of the Upper Limbs

00:01 In this lecture, we'll have a look at a general overview of the blood supply to the upper limb.

00:07 So, the blood supply of the upper limb is quite complicated. There's lots of blood vessels.

00:11 They don't necessarily change in structure but their course means they have different names.

00:18 So, let's have a general overview of what we have been talking about so far.

00:22 So, a direct continuation of the subclavian artery as it passes into the axilla is the axillary artery which then, becomes the brachial artery when it's within the arm or the brachium before then, at the level of the cubital fossa, bifurcating into the radial artery and the ulnar artery.

00:42 Once you get to the end of the radial artery and the ulnar artery's course within the hand, you have various different arteries, superficial and deep, which go on to supply the complex nature of the hand.

00:53 And we'll come to that towards the end of this lecture.