Intercapitular veins of the hand

Intercapitular veins of the hand
The superficial veins of the upper extremity. (Intercapitular veins not labeled, but visible at bottom.)
Details
Latin	Venae intercapitulares manus
Source	palmar digital veins
Drains to	median antebrachial vein
Identifiers
Gray's	p.661
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12850610
TA	A12.3.08.024
FMA	71583
Anatomical terminology

The volar digital veins on each finger are connected to the dorsal digital veins by oblique intercapitular veins. They drain into a venous plexus which is situated over the thenar and hypothenar eminences and across the front of the wrist.

References

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

Veins of the human arm

General

Subscapular
Axillary
Circumflex scapular

Superficial

arm:	Cephalic Accessory cephalic Median cubital Basilic Median antebrachial

hand/forearm:	Dorsal network Intercapitular Dorsal metacarpal Superficial palmar arch Palmar digital

Deep

arm:	Radial Ulnar Brachial

hand/forearm:	Deep palmar arch Palmar metacarpal

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