"origin: branch of the axillary artery at the proximal part of the arm 1"
"location: proximal arm"
"supply: glenohumeral joint, teres major and minor, and deltoid 1"
"main branches: anterior humeral circumflex artery and ascending branch of the deep artery of the arm via the posterior branch (anastamoses) 1"
"terminal branches: anastomoses with the anterior humeral circumflex artery and the ascending branch of the deep artery of the arm (profunda brachii artery) 1"