Palmar metacarpal arteries

Palmar metacarpal arteries

Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view (Volar metacarpal visible at bottom center).
Details
Source Deep palmar arch
Vein Palmar metacarpal veins
Identifiers
Latin Arteriae metacarpales palmares,
arteriae metacarpeae volares
TA A12.2.09.039
FMA 70802

Anatomical terminology

The palmar metacarpal arteries (volar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries), three or four in number, arise from the convexity of the deep volar arch

They run distally upon the Interossei, and anastomose at the clefts of the fingers with the common digital branches of the superficial volar arch.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)



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