Radial collateral artery

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Artery: Radial collateral artery
Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint. (Radial collateral branch labeled at center left.)
Latin arteria collateralis radialis
Gray's subject #150 591
Source profunda brachii
Dorlands/Elsevier a_61/12153977

The radial collateral artery is a branch of the deep brachial artery. It arises in the arm proper and anastomoses with the radial recurrent artery near the elbow.

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Arteries of upper limbsedit

AXILLARY: superior thoracic - thoracoacromial - lateral thoracic - subscapular (circumflex scapular - thoracodorsal) - anterior humeral circumflex - posterior humeral circumflex | (Gray's s149)

BRACHIAL: profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - superior ulnar collateral - inferior ulnar collateral | (Gray's s150)

RADIAL: deep palmar arch - radial recurrent - superficial palmar arch - dorsal carpal - dorsal carpal network - dorsal metacarpal - princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - volar metacarpal | (Gray's s151)

ULNAR: anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous - volar interosseous - posterior interosseous - interosseous recurrent - common volar digital | (Gray's s152)
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