Inferior ulnar collateral artery

Inferior ulnar collateral artery

Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow joint (inferior ulnar collateral labeled at center right)

Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand (inferior ulnar collateral labeled at upper left)
Details
Latin Arteria collateralis ulnaris inferior
Source
 Brachial artery
Identifiers
Gray's p.592
Dorlands
/Elsevier		 a_61/12153984
TA A12.2.09.026
FMA 22710
Anatomical terminology

The inferior ulnar collateral artery (anastomotica magna artery) is a artery in the arm. It arises about 5 cm. above the elbow from the brachial artery.

Course

It passes medialward upon the Brachialis, and piercing the medial intermuscular septum, winds around the back of the humerus between the Triceps brachii and the bone, forming, by its junction with the profunda brachii, an arch above the olecranon fossa.

Branches and anastomoses

As the vessel lies on the brachialis, it gives off branches which ascend to join the superior ulnar collateral: others descend in front of the medial epicondyle, to anastomose with the anterior ulnar recurrent.

Behind the medial epicondyle a branch anastomoses with the superior ulnar collateral and posterior ulnar recurrent arteries.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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