Anterior ulnar recurrent artery

Anterior ulnar recurrent artery

Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint
(anterior ulnar recurrent artery labeled at center right)

Deep view of ulnar and radial arteries (anterior ulnar recurrent artery labeled at center right)
Details
Source Ulnar artery
Branches Inferior ulnar collateral artery
Identifiers
Latin Ramus anterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris
Dorlands
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r_02/12688721
TA A12.2.09.043
FMA 22800

Anatomical terminology

The anterior ulnar recurrent artery is an artery in the forearm. It is one of two recurrent arteries that arises from the ulnar artery, the other being the posterior ulnar recurrent artery.

It arises from the ulnar artery immediately below the elbow-joint, runs upward between the brachialis and pronator teres muscle and supplies twigs to those muscles. In front of the medial epicondyle it anastomoses with the superior and Inferior ulnar collateral arteries.

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References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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