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Palmar metacarpal arteries

Palmar metacarpal arteries

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The palmar metacarpal arteries (volar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries) are three or four arteries that arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch.

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Structure

The palmar metacarpal arteries arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch.[1]

They run distally upon the palmar interossei muscles. They anastomose at the clefts of the fingers with the common palmar digital arteries which arise from the superficial palmar arch.[1]

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 595 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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    Kong, Adrian C.; Varacallo, Matthew (2020), "Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Hand Volar Arch Arteries", StatPearls, Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing, PMID 31430092, retrieved 2021-01-04
  • Atlas image: hand_blood2 at the University of Michigan Health System ("Palm of the hand, deep dissection, anterior view")


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