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Anat Cell Biol
Published online October 24, 2024
https://doi.org/10.5115/acb.23.243
Copyright © Korean Association of ANATOMISTS.
Anatomical and morphometric features of the profunda brachii artery
Yüsra Nur Şanlıtürk1 
, Nurşen Zeybek2 , Özcan Gayretli3 , Adnan Öztürk4
1Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yalova University, Yalova, 2Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Istanbul Okan University, Istanbul, 3Department of Anatomy, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, 4Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Health and Technology University, Istanbul, Türkiye
Correspondence to:Yüsra Nur Şanlıtürk
Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Yalova University, Yalova 77200, Türkiye
E-mail: ysrnr94@gmail.com
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
When the literature is examined, studies evaluating the profunda brachii artery (PBA) are limited as most studies only investigate the artery’s origin. In 44 upper extremities belonging to 24 human anatomical specimens, single and double PBAs were observed in 39 and five cases, respectively. In cases with a single PBA, the origin was the brachial artery (BA) in 35 cases and the posterior circumflex humeral artery in four cases. In cases with double PBAs, the artery’s origin was the BA. Morphometric measurements of single and double arteries originating from the first branch BA were evaluated separately and compared according to sex and side. Our study, in which the PBA was examined morphologically and morphometrically, contributes to the literature anatomically and radiologically in treating humerus fractures and lateral arm-flap applications by surgeons.
Keywords: Profunda brachii artery, Morphology, Morphometry, Human anatomical specimen, Brachial artery
