Anterior ulnar recurrent artery

Anterior ulnar recurrent artery
Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint (anterior ulnar recurrent artery labeled at center right)
Deep view of ulnar and radial arteries (anterior ulnar recurrent artery labeled at center right)
Details
Source	Ulnar artery
Branches	Inferior ulnar collateral artery
Identifiers
Latin	ramus anterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris
TA98	A12.2.09.043
TA2	4657
FMA	22800
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The anterior ulnar recurrent artery is an artery in the forearm. It is one of two recurrent arteries that arises from the ulnar artery, the other being the posterior ulnar recurrent artery.

It arises from the ulnar artery immediately below the elbow-joint, runs upward between the brachialis and pronator teres muscle and supplies twigs to those muscles. In front of the medial epicondyle it anastomoses with the superior and Inferior ulnar collateral arteries.

See also

• Posterior ulnar recurrent artery

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 596 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

External links

• lesson4arteriesofarm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
• lesson4artofforearm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)