Dorsal digital arteries arise from the bifurcation of

dorsal metacarpal arteries Most of the dorsal metacarpal arteries arise from the dorsal carpal arch and run downward on the second, third, and fourth dorsal interossei of the hand and bifurcate into the dorsal digital arteries. Near their origin, they anastomose with the ...

. They travel along the sides and dorsal aspects of the phalanges of the

middle finger The middle finger, long finger, second finger, third finger, toll finger or tall man is the third digit of the human hand, located between the index finger and the ring finger. It is typically the longest digit. In anatomy, it is also calle ...

ring finger The ring finger, third finger, fourth finger, leech finger, or annulary is the fourth digit of the human hand, located between the middle finger and the little finger. Sometimes the term ring finger only refers to the fourth digit of a left-han ...

, and

little finger The little finger, or pinkie, also known as the baby finger, fifth digit, or pinky finger, is the most ulnar and smallest digit of the human hand, and next to the ring finger. Etymology The word "pinkie" is derived from the Dutch word ''p ...

. They communicate with the

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 (dorsal to) its corresponding digital nerve. Alternative names f ...

. They run with the dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve and dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve.

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* * http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session1/group50/hand.htm {{circulatory-stub Arteries of the upper limb

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