dorsal (descending) scapular artery

Origin

(inconstant)

• subclavian artery
• deep branch of transverse cervical artery

Course

passes deep to the rhomboid muscles

Anastomoses

• suprascapular artery
• circumflex scapular artery

Distribution

• rhomboid muscles
• other muscles of scapula
• skin along vertebral border of scapula

More general terms

• artery