An 11-year-old boy falls down the stairs. A physician examines a radiograph of the boy’s shoulder region. If the structure indicated by the letter B is fractured, which of the following structures is most likely injured?
Correct Answer: Posterior humeral circumflex artery
Description: (d) Fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus occurs commonly and damages the axillary nerve and the posterior humeral circumflex artery.
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