Palmar metacarpal arteries

Palmar metacarpal arteries
Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view (Volar metacarpal visible at bottom center).
Details
SourceDeep palmar arch
VeinPalmar metacarpal veins
Identifiers
Latinarteriae metacarpales palmares,
arteriae metacarpeae volares
TA98A12.2.09.039
TA24653
FMA70802
Anatomical terminology

The palmar metacarpal arteries (volar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries) are three or four arteries that arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch.

Structure

The palmar metacarpal arteries arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch.[1]

They run distally upon the palmar interossei muscles. They anastomose at the clefts of the fingers with the common palmar digital arteries which arise from the superficial palmar arch.[1]

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 595 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. ^ a b Kong, Adrian C.; Varacallo, Matthew (2020), "Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Hand Volar Arch Arteries", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 31430092, retrieved 2021-01-04
  • Atlas image: hand_blood2 at the University of Michigan Health System ("Palm of the hand, deep dissection, anterior view")


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