Dorsal digital arteries of hand

Summary

Dorsal digital arteries arise from the bifurcation of dorsal metacarpal arteries. They travel along the sides and dorsal aspects of the phalanges of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. They communicate with the proper palmar digital arteries.

Dorsal digital arteries
Details
Sourcedorsal metacarpal arteries
Veindorsal digital veins
Identifiers
Latinarteriae digitales dorsales manus
TA98A12.2.09.035
TA24649
Anatomical terminology
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They run with the dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve and dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve.

See also edit

External links edit

  • Atlas image: hand_blood3 at the University of Michigan Health System
  • http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session1/group50/hand.htm Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine