AXILLA-CONTENTS

SUMMARY

1. Axillary artery - first & second parts travel in the axilla.
2. Axillary vein - lies medial to the artery and brachial plexus throughout.
3. Brachial plexus - cords embrace the 2nd (posterior) part of the axillary artery in a manner indicated by their names (lateral, medial, posterior).

4. Tendons of the BICEPS BRACHII, CORACOBRACHIALIS & PECTORALIS MINOR pass through.

5. Axillary lymph nodes - receive lymph from UL & pectoral region.


Image: Tenderness.co. (2018). Axillary Artery. [online] Available at: http://tenderness.co/axillary-artery/ [Accessed 16 Nov. 2018].

Reference(s)

R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.