- Dorsal digital arteries
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Artery: Dorsal digital arteries Latin arteriae digitales dorsales manus Gray's subject #151 594 Source dorsal metacarpal arteries Vein dorsal digital veins Dorsal digital arteries arise from the bifurcation of dorsal metacarpal arteries. They travel along the sides and dorsal aspects of the phalanges of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. They communicate with the proper palmar digital arteries.
They run with the dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve and dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve.
External links
- dorsal+digital+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
- Atlas of anatomy at UMich hand_blood3
- http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session1/group50/hand.htm
List of arteries of upper limbs (TA A12.2.09, GA 6.575) Axillary Shoulderscapular anastomosis · 1st part superior thoracic
2nd part thoracoacromial (deltoid branch) · lateral thoracic
3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular, thoracodorsal) · anterior humeral circumflex · posterior humeral circumflexBefore splitforearm: radial recurrent
hand: superficial palmar branch · princeps pollicis · Radialis indices artery (radial of index finger)
wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch · palmar carpal branchforearm: ulnar recurrent (anterior, posterior) · common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent)
hand: deep palmar branch
wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch · palmar carpal branchArchesCategories:- Cardiovascular system stubs
- Arteries of the upper limb
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