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 page 595 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

Atlas image: hand_blood2 at the University of Michigan Health System ("Palm of the hand, deep dissection, anterior view")

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