Palmar may refer to:

Anatomy, relating to the palm of the hand

Palmar aponeurosis The palmar aponeurosis (palmar fascia) Deep fascia, invests the muscles of the palm, and consists of central, lateral, and medial portions. Structure The central portion occupies the middle of the palm, is triangular in shape, and of great strengt ...

, deep fascia connecting and within the muscles of the palm * Palmar arches (disambiguation), various combinations of arteries in the hand and arm * Palmar arteries (disambiguation), several sets of arteries in the hand *

Palmar branch of the median nerve The palmar branch of the median nerve is a branch of the median nerve which arises at the distal part of the forearm. Branches It pierces the palmar carpal ligament, and divides into a lateral and a medial branch; * The ''lateral branch'' suppli ...

, a branch of the median nerve that arises at the lower part of the forearm. *

Palmar branch of ulnar nerve The palmar branch of the ulnar nerve arises about five cm proximal to the wrist from where the ulnar nerve splits into palmar and dorsal branches. It supplies sensory innervation to a small area in the palmar surface of the wrist. The palmar branc ...

, continuation of one branch of the ulnar nerve into the hand * Palmar carpal branch: **

Palmar carpal branch of radial artery The palmar carpal branch of the radial artery is a small branch of the radial artery which arises near the lower border of the pronator quadratus Pronator quadratus is a square-shaped muscle on the distal forearm that acts to pronate (turn so th ...

, a small blood vessel that crosses the wrist bones to join with the palmar branch of the ulnar artery **

Palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery The palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery (volar carpal branch) is a small vessel which crosses the front of the carpus beneath the tendons of the Flexor digitorum profundus, and anastomoses with the corresponding branch of the radial artery ...

, a small blood vessel that crosses the wrist bones to join with the palmar branch of the radial artery *

Palmar carpal ligament The palmar carpal ligament (also volar carpal ligament or ''Guyon's Tunnel'') is a thickened portion of antebrachial fascia on anterior/palmar side of the wrist which - together with the flexor retinaculum of the hand - retains the tendons of most ...

, the thickened portion of the deep forearm fascia on the front of the wrist *

Palmar crease A palmar crease is a type of crease on the palm. A single transverse palmar crease also called simian crease is sometimes associated with Down syndrome. Other types of creases include the Sydney crease and the Suwon, or double transverse palmar ...

, a crease in the surface of the palm * Palmar digital nerves (disambiguation), several sets of nerves in the fingers *

Palmar digital veins The palmar digital veins (or volar digital veins) on each finger are connected to the dorsal digital veins by oblique intercapitular veins. Some sources distinguish between the "proper palmar digital veins", which are more distal, and the "commo ...

, blood vessels on the palm side of the fingers *

Palmar erythema Palmar erythema is reddening of the palms at the thenar and hypothenar eminences.James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. . Causes It is associated with v ...

, reddening of the palms *

Palmar grasp reflex The palmar grasp reflex (or grasp reflex) is a primitive and involuntary reflex found in infants of humans and most primates. When an object, such as an adult finger, is placed in an infant's palm, the infant's fingers reflexively grasp the obje ...

, a primitive reflex seen in newborns *

Palmar radioulnar ligament The palmar radioulnar ligament (volar radioulnar ligament, anterior radioulnar ligament) is a narrow band of fibers extending from the anterior margin of the ulnar notch of the radius to the front of the head of the ulna The ulna or ulnar bo ...

, a narrow band of fibers in the wrist joining the ends of the arm bones

Places

* Palmar, Santander, a municipality in the Santander Department, Colombia *

Palmar, Uruguay Palmar is a village in the Soriano Department of western Uruguay. Geography The village is located on Route 55 and the south bank of Río Negro, just south of the Palmar Dam. It lies about east of Mercedes and at the border with Río Negro D ...

, a town in Soriano Department, Uruguay * Palmar, Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, a rural barrio in the municipality of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico *

Palmar Arriba Palmar Arriba is a town in the Santiago province of the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It ...

, a town in the Santiago province of the Dominican Republic *

Palmar de Bravo Palmar de Bravo (municipality) is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla in south-eastern Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, an ...

, a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Puebla * Palmar de Ocoa, a town in the Azua province of the Dominican Republic *

Palmar de Varela Palmar de Varela is a municipality and town in the Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian ma ...

, a municipality and town in the Colombian department of Atlántico *

Palmar Norte Palmar Norte is a town in Costa Rica, located next to Palmar Sur in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province. Although small, the town serves as a major agricultural center and as an important transit point for travelers to the Palmar Sur Airport. It ...

(North Palmar), a town in the Osa region, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica *

Palmar River The Palmar River () is a river of Venezuela. It drains into Lake Maracaibo. The Palmar River rises in the Serranía del Perijá. In its lower reaches it flows through an area of the Catatumbo moist forests ecoregion. It then flows through the Mar ...

, a river of Venezuela *

Palmar Sur Palmar Sur is a town in Costa Rica, located next to Palmar Norte in the Osa region of Puntarenas Province of Costa Rica. Palmar Norte and Palmar Sur are separated by the Rio Terraba. Palmar Sur has a regional airport that has daily flights ...

(South Palmar), a town in the Osa region, Puntarenas province, Costa Rica *

El Palmar de Troya El Palmar de Troya is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in south-west Spain in the province of Seville, in the autonomous community of Andalucia, Andalusia. In 2018, it became the province's 106th municipality after it seceded from Utrera. A ...

, a small village near Utrera, in Andalusia, Spain *

San Jose Palmar San Jose Palmar is a village in the Orange Walk District of the nation of Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the ...

, a village in Orange Walk District, Belize

People

Wally Palmar Volodymyr Palamarchuk (born April 27, 1953), known professionally as Wally Palmar, is an American musician best known as a founding member and lead singer of the Detroit rock band the Romantics. Early life Palmar was born and raised in the Detr ...

(born Volodymyr Palamarchuk; 1954), American musician, singer, songwriter and composer

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Palmar (football club) Grupo Desportivo de Palmar is a football club that plays in the subdivision in the west of the city of São Tomé in the island of São Tomé in São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe, officially the Democratic Republic of São To ...

, a football club in São Tomé and Príncipe *

Palmar de Junco Palmar de Junco is where in 1874 the first official game of Cuban baseball was played. It was once owned by the del Junco family. It is located at Calzada de Esteban (Calle 171) between Monserrate (Calle 292) and San Ignacio streets (Calle 28 ...

, a sports venue in the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo, Matanzas, Cuba *

Our Lady of Palmar Our Lady of Palmar (), known formally as Our Crowned Mother of Palmar (), is a Palmarian Christian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with an alleged Marian apparition in the Spanish village of El Palmar de Troya in 1968. The apparition ...

, Marian apparition *

Palmarian Catholic Church The Palmarian Catholic ChurchPalmarian Church. (2023)Who Are We? Palmarian Church (), officially registered as the Palmarian Christian Church, is an Independent Catholic traditionalist conclavist sect headquartered in El Palmar de Troya, Anda ...

, Independent Catholic denomination *

Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar The Cathedral-Basilica of Our Crowned Mother of Palmar () is a basilica church in El Palmar de Troya, Spain. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Palmar, serves as the only cathedral and 'mother church' for the ...

, Palmarian Catholic cathedral

Anatomy, relating to the palm of the hand

Places

People

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