Brachial artery The median nerve is medial to the brachial artery for most of its course. Femoral artery a leg based artery with a similar function Brachial artery The brachial artery is the major blood vessel of the (upper) arm. It is the continuation of the axillary artery beyond the lower margin of teres major muscle. It continues down the ventral surface of the arm until it reaches the cubital fossa at the elbow. It then divides into the radial and ulnar arteries which run down the forearm. In some individuals, the bifurcation occurs much earlier and the ulnar and radial arteries
Submental artery supply a territory of skin in the submental area. Surgeons can use the skin and vessels in reconstruction of the face or the oral cavity. When the submental artery turns upward over the border of the mandible it divides into a superficial and a deep branch. Submental artery The submental artery is a branch of the facial artery that runs on the underside of the chin. The submental artery is the largest of the cervical branches of the facial artery, given off just as that vessel leaves the submandibular gland: it runs forward upon the mylohyoid, just below the body