Circumflex Humeral Artery

**Semantic type:** Body Part, Organ, or Organ Component

**Definition:** One of two arteries that arise from the axillary artery at the proximal part of the arm and provide blood supply the glenohumeral joint and the teres major, teres minor, and deltoid muscles, either the anterior or posterior humeral circumflex artery.

**Synonyms:** - Circumflex humeral artery (body structure)