Palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery

Artery: Palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery

Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. (Palmar carpal branch of radial artery labeled as "volar ulnar carpal", at lower right.)
Latin	ramus carpalis palmaris arteriae ulnaris
Gray's	subject #152 598
Source	ulnar artery
Branches	palmar carpal arch

The palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery (volar carpal branch) is a small vessel which crosses the front of the carpus beneath the tendons of the Flexor digitorum profundus, and anastomoses with the corresponding branch of the radial artery.

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.

List of arteries of upper limbs (TA A12.2.09, GA 6.575)

Axillary

Shoulder

scapular anastomosis · 1st part superior thoracic

2nd part thoracoacromial (deltoid branch) · lateral thoracic

3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular, thoracodorsal) · anterior humeral circumflex · posterior humeral circumflex

Brachial

Before split	profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) · ulnar collateral (superior, inferior)

Radial	forearm: radial recurrent wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch · palmar carpal branch hand: superficial palmar branch · princeps pollicis · Radialis indices artery (radial of index finger)

Ulnar	forearm: ulnar recurrent (anterior, posterior) · common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent) wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch · palmar carpal branch hand: deep palmar branch

Arches	dorsal carpal arch: dorsal metacarpal (dorsal digital) palmar carpal arch superficial palmar arch: common palmar digital (proper palmar digital) deep palmar arch: palmar metacarpal

M: VAS

anat(a:h/u/t/a/l,v:h/u/t/a/l)/phys/devp/cell/prot

noco/syva/cong/lyvd/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(C2s+n/3/4/5/7/8/9)