The palmar carpal arch is the combination (
anastomosis) of two arteries: the
Palmar carpal branch of radial artery and the
palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery.
This
anastomosis is joined by a branch from the
anterior interosseous artery above, and by recurrent branches from the
deep palmar arch below, thus forming a palmar carpal network which supplies the articulations of the wrist and
carpus
In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; "The wrist contains eight bones, roughly aligned in two rows, known as the carpal ...
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See also
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Dorsal carpal arch
The dorsal carpal arch (dorsal carpal network, posterior carpal arch) is an anatomical term for the combination ( anastomosis) of dorsal carpal branch of the radial artery and the dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery near the back of the wris ...
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Deep palmar arch
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Superficial palmar arch
References
Arteries of the upper limb
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