Brachial Artery & Median Nerve At The Elbow

The brachial artery is the continuation of the axillary artery, and begins a the lower edge of the tendon of the teres major muscle, 1899. From 'The Treatise of the Human Anatomy and Its Applications to the Practice of Medicine and Surgery, Volume I' (1899). Its course is on the same line as the axillary artery from just to the inner side of the middle of the clavicle to the middle of the bend of the elbow, with the arm at a right angle to the body. The artery may be ligated at the bend of the elbow, or at the middle of the arm. The median nerve may be stretched at any point of its course in the arm. (Photo by VintageMedStock/Getty Images)