thoraco-acromial artery in dogs

The thoracoacromial artery (acromiothoracic artery; thoracic axis) is a short trunk, which arises from the forepart of the axillary artery, its origin being generally overlapped by the upper edge of the Pectoralis minor. [WP,unvetted]. Every claim on this page comes from the Leumas anatomy graph and carries its source.

What the thoraco-acromial artery is

The thoracoacromial artery (acromiothoracic artery; thoracic axis) is a short trunk, which arises from the forepart of the axillary artery, its origin being generally overlapped by the upper edge of the Pectoralis minor. [WP,unvetted]. The atlas records it as a artery at the organ scale in the dog.

Where the thoraco-acromial artery is

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What the thoraco-acromial artery connects to

The atlas records 3 typed relationships for it, across 3 kinds of connection. part of shoulder.

Supply and innervation

This dataset asserts no arterial supply, venous drainage or innervation for the thoraco-acromial artery. Only a minority of structures carry those edges here, so an empty answer means nothing has been recorded — not that there is nothing to record.

Also called

Also recorded as acromiothoracic artery and thoracoacromial artery. Searching any of those names reaches this page.

Source

Uberon multi-species anatomy ontology (Mungall et al.), CC BY 4.0. Term UBERON:0001395, version 2026-06-19, retrieved 2026-08-24. Licence: CC-BY-4.0.

Questions

Where is the thoraco-acromial artery?

It sits within the cardiovascular system. Only the system is known. The position shown carries almost no spatial information.

What does the thoraco-acromial artery connect to?

Part of: shoulder.

Is the thoraco-acromial artery the same in other species?

This page describes the dog. The human record of the same structure sits beside it on /compare, over one shared model rather than two atlases built separately.