The artery is missing from sequence while tracing the blood from the heart to the right hand, blood leaves the heart and passes through the aorta, the right subclavian artery, the axillary and brachial arteries, and through either the radial or ulnar artery to arrive at the hand. (a) coronary, (b) brachiocephalic, (c) cephalic, (d) right common carotid.

On the right side of the body the sequence of arteries from aortic arch to hand is different from that on the left side. On the right side both the right common carotid, and the right sub-clavian branch off from the brachiocephalic trunk-- at about the same location. Therefore, the right common carotid is not directly in the sequence. On the left side, however, both the left common carotid and the left sub-clavian branch off independently from the aortic arch--there is no separate brachiocephalic trunk. In this case the left common carotid is in the sequence : aortic arch, left common carotid, left sub-clavian , left axillary, left brachial, and left ulnar(or radial) artery.