Lateral mammary branches of lateral thoracic artery
Rami mammarii laterales arteriae thoracicae lateralis
- Related terms: Lateral mammary branches
Definition
In the female the lateral thoracic artery supplies a lateral mammary branch which turns round the free edge of the Pectoralis major and supplies the mamma.
References
This definition incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy (20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918 – from http://www.bartleby.com/107/).
