Medial collateral artery
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| Artery: Medial collateral artery | |
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| Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand. (Medial collateral artery not labeled, but region is visible.) | |
| Latin | arteria collateralis media |
| Gray's | subject #150 591 |
| Supplies | triceps |
| Source | profunda brachii |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12153970 |
The medial collateral artery (also known as the middle collateral artery) is a branch of deep brachial artery. It anastomoses with the interosseous recurrent artery near the elbow.
- middle+collateral+artery at eMedicine Dictionary
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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 |