A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE LENGTH OF THE BRACHIAL ARTERY AND ITS CLINICAL CORRELATION

continuation with the axillary artery at the distal border of teres major muscle. The vessels of the upper limb are frequently used for cardiac catheterization and awareness of variations in the branching pattern may prevent any inadvertent injury. To evaluate the prevalence of anatomical variability of brachial artery and enumerate its impact on the clinical implications. We used 50 upper limbs from embalmed human cadavers irrespective of age and sex in our study. The body was placed in supine 0 position with upper limb abducted 90 and the palm facing upwards. The skin incisions were made by the help of Cunningham manual. The length of brachial artery was measured by using an inch tape. The length of the brachial artery measured had a mean 10.13±0.89 inches with a minimum value 8.1 inch and maximum value 13.0 inch. A sound anatomical knowledge of the brachial artery can aid certain procedures such as cardiac catheterization. The brachial artery is derived from the axial artery. It takes its origin from the inferior border of the tendon of teres major muscle and terminates at the level of the neck of the radius by bifurcating into radial and ulnar arteries. The same fact is observed in the present study. No anomalies were observed in the present study. ABSTRACT Monika Singh, Sonia Jaiswal, P. K. Sharma, Vibhash Kumar Vaidya