Palmar metacarpal veins

Palmar metacarpal veins
Details
Latin	venae metacarpales palmares
Drains to	deep palmar venous arch
Artery	palmar metacarpal arteries
Identifiers
Gray's	p.663
Dorlands /Elsevier	v_05/12851047
TA	A12.3.08.035
FMA	70903
Anatomical terminology

The palmar metacarpal veins (or volar metacarpal veins) drains the metacarpal region of the palm, eventually draining into the deep veins of the arm.

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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