The radial recurrent artery arises from the

radial artery In human anatomy, the radial artery is the main artery of the lateral aspect of the forearm. Structure The radial artery arises from the bifurcation of the brachial artery in the antecubital fossa. It runs distally on the anterior part of the f ...

immediately below the

elbow The elbow is the region between the arm and the forearm that surrounds the elbow joint. The elbow includes prominent landmarks such as the olecranon, the cubital fossa (also called the chelidon, or the elbow pit), and the lateral and the media ...

. It ascends between the branches of the

radial nerve The radial nerve is a nerve in the human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb. It innervates the medial and lateral heads of the triceps brachii muscle of the arm, as well as all 12 muscles in the posterior osteofascial comp ...

, lying on the

supinator muscle In human anatomy, the supinator is a broad muscle in the posterior compartment of the forearm, curved around the upper third of the radius. Its function is to supinate the forearm. Structure Supinator consists of two planes of fibers, between whi ...

and then between the

brachioradialis muscle The brachioradialis is a muscle of the forearm that flexes the forearm at the elbow. It is also capable of both pronation and supination, depending on the position of the forearm. It is attached to the distal styloid process of the radius by way o ...

and the

brachialis muscle The brachialis (brachialis anticus), also known as the Teichmann muscle, is a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow. It lies deeper than the biceps brachii, and makes up part of the floor of the region known as the cubital fossa (elbow pi ...

, supplying these muscles and the elbow-joint, and anastomosing with the terminal part of the

profunda brachii The deep artery of arm (also known as arteria profunda brachii and the deep brachial artery) is a large vessel which arises from the Lateral (anatomy)#Left and right .28lateral.29.2C and medial, lateral and Posterior (anatomy), posterior part of t ...

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* * Arteries of the upper limb {{circulatory-stub