Palmar metacarpal arteries

Palmar metacarpal arteries
Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view (Volar metacarpal visible at bottom center).
Details
Source	Deep palmar arch
Vein	Palmar metacarpal veins
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae metacarpales palmares, arteriae metacarpeae volares
TA98	A12.2.09.039
TA2	4653
FMA	70802
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

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.

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

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

1. 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

External links

• Atlas image: hand_blood2 at the University of Michigan Health System ("Palm of the hand, deep dissection, anterior view")