Radial recurrent artery

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Artery: Radial recurrent artery
Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint. (Radial recurrent labeled at center left.)
The radial and ulnar arteries. (Radial recurrent labeled at center left.)
Latin	a. recurrens radialis
Gray's	subject #151 594
Source	Radial artery
Dorlands/Elsevier	a_61/12155695

The radial recurrent artery arises immediately below the elbow.

It ascends between the branches of the radial nerve, lying on the Supinator and then between the Brachioradialis and Brachialis, supplying these muscles and the elbow-joint, and anastomosing with the terminal part of the profunda brachii.

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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)