Volar metacarpal arteries
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| Artery: Volar metacarpal arteries | |
|---|---|
| Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. (Volar metacarpal visible at bottom center.) | |
| Latin | arteriae metacarpales palmares, arteriae metacarpeae volares |
| Gray's | subject #151 595 |
| Source | deep palmar arch |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12155089 |
The volar metacarpal arteries (palmar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries), three or four in number, arise from the convexity of the deep volar arch; they run distally upon the Interossei, and anastomose at the clefts of the fingers with the common digital branches of the superficial volar arch.
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