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Anterior ulnar recurrent artery
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| Artery: Anterior ulnar recurrent artery | |
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| Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint. (Anterior ulnar recurrent labeled at center right.) | |
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| Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. (Anterior ulnar recurrent labeled at center right.) | |
| Latin | ramus anterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris |
| Gray's | subject #152 596 |
| Source | ulnar artery |
| Branches | inferior ulnar collateral artery |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_02/12688721 |
The anterior ulnar recurrent artery arises immediately below the elbow-joint, runs upward between the Brachialis and Pronator teres, supplies twigs to those muscles, and, in front of the medial epicondyle, anastomoses with the superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries.
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| Axillary | 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 | profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - superior ulnar collateral - inferior ulnar collateral |
| Radial | forearm: radial recurrent - palmar carpal branch - superficial palmar branch wrist: dorsal carpal branch (dorsal carpal arch, dorsal metacarpal, dorsal digital) hand: princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - deep palmar arch (palmar metacarpal) |
| Ulnar | forearm: anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent) wrist: palmar carpal branch - dorsal carpal branch hand: superficial palmar arch (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) - deep palmar branch - palmar carpal arch |