Dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery

Dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery

Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand.
Details
Source ulnar artery
Branches dorsal carpal arch
Identifiers
Latin ramus carpalis dorsalis arteriae ulnaris
Dorlands
/Elsevier
r_02/12689253
TA A12.2.09.053
FMA 22820

Anatomical terminology

The dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery arises from the ulnar artery immediately above the pisiform bone, and winds backward beneath the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris; it passes across the dorsal surface of the carpus beneath the extensor tendons, to anastomose with a corresponding branch of the radial artery.

Immediately after its origin, it gives off a small branch, which runs along the ulnar side of the fifth metacarpal bone, and supplies the ulnar side of the dorsal surface of the little finger.

References

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

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