Three common palmar digital arteries arise from the

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of the

superficial palmar arch The superficial palmar arch is formed predominantly by the ulnar artery, with a contribution from the superficial palmar branch of the radial artery. However, in some individuals the contribution from the radial artery might be absent, and instea ...

and proceed

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ly on the second, third, and fourth lumbricales muscles. Alternative names for these arteries are: common volar digital arteries, ulnar metacarpal arteries, arteriae digitales palmares communes, or aa. digitales volares communes. Each of these arteries receive the corresponding volar metacarpal artery and then divide into a pair of

proper palmar digital arteries The proper palmar digital arteries travel along the sides of the phalanges (along the contiguous sides of the index, middle, ring, and little fingers), each artery lying just below (Ventral, dorsal to) its corresponding Dorsal digital nerves of uln ...

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Additional images

File:Gray527.png, Muscles and arteries of the right

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and hand, including the

titled ''Superficial Volar Arch'' in this picture, which is an alternative term and the ''common palmar digital arteries'' branching off of it.

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aspect with the

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part ( elbow) at the top and the

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) at the bottom. File:Common palmar digital arteries.jpg, Dissection of right hands palmar side with instrument inserted under the common palmar digital arteries

Footnotes and references

External links

* - "Palm of the hand, superficial dissection, anterior view" Arteries of the upper limb {{circulatory-stub