Medial collateral artery

Medial collateral artery
Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand. (Medial collateral artery not labeled, but region is visible.)
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Source	profunda brachii
Supplies	triceps
Identifiers
Latin	arteria collateralis media
Dorlands /Elsevier	a_61/12153970
TA	A12.2.09.023
FMA	23119
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The medial collateral artery (also known as the middle collateral artery) is a branch of profunda brachii artery that descends in the middle head of the triceps brachii and assists in forming the anastomosis with the interosseous recurrent artery above the olecranon of the ulna near the elbow.

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Arteries of the human arm

Axillary

Shoulder

scapular anastomosis
1st part superior thoracic

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

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

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Medial collateral artery

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