part of part of connecting branch of vessel supplies blood to system axillary artery shoulder glenohumeral joint deltoid teres major muscle triceps brachii artery upper arm skin teres minor muscle posterior humeral circumflex artery FMA:22684 2024-08-20T09:53:48Z An artery that branches from the axilliary artery and supplies the deltoid, teres major, teres minor, and long and lateral heads of the triceps brachii muscles, glenohumeral joint, and the cutaneous supply to the area posterolateral to the proximal humerus. This artery courses posteriorly with the axillary nerve, through the quadrangular space, to the posterior aspect of the humerus and anastomoses with the anterior humeral circumflex artery. Aleix Puig-Barbé