Common palmar digital arteries
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{{Infobox Artery |
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Latin = arteriae digitales palmares communes, arteriae digitales volares communes |
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Caption = [[Palmar]] view of the left hand, showing the ''common palmar digital arteries'' in context. |
BranchFrom = [[superficial palmar arch]] |
BranchTo = [[proper palmar digital arteries]] |
Vein = [[palmar digital veins]] |
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Three '''common palmar digital arteries''' arise from the [[convexity]] of the [[superficial palmar arch]] and proceed [[distal]]ly on the second, third, and fourth [[lumbricales]] muscles.
Alternative names for these arteries are:<ref>[http://focosi.immunesig.org/circulation.html Physiology of adult Homo sapiens - Systemic blood and lymph circulation (angiology)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> '''common volar digital arteries'''<ref>''Palmar'' and ''volar'' may be used [[synonym]]ously, but ''volar'' is less common.</ref>, '''ulnar metacarpal arteries''', '''arteriae digitales palmares communes'''<ref>This is the official and international [[Latin]] term as defined by the [[Terminologia Anatomica]] (TA), but in English speaking countries and especially the US, ''common palmar digital arteries'' is more commonly used.</ref>, or '''aa. digitales volares communes'''.<ref>Again, ''palmar'' and ''volar'' may be used synonymously, but ''aa. digitales volares communes'' does not occur in the TA, and can therefore be considered deprecated.</ref>
Each of these arteries receive the corresponding [[volar metacarpal artery]] and then divide into a pair of [[proper palmar digital arteries]] ([[q.v.]]).
==Additional images==
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Image:Gray527.png|Muscles and arteries of the right [[forearm]] and hand, including the [[superficial palmar arch]]<ref>titled ''Superficial Volar Arch'' in this picture, which is an alternative term</ref> and the ''common palmar digital arteries'' branching off of it. [[Palmar]] aspect with the [[Anatomical terms of location#Proximal_and_distal|proximal]] part ([[elbow]]) at the top and the [[distal]] part ([[hand]]) at the bottom.
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==Footnotes and references==
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==External links==
* {{eMedicineDictionary|common+palmar+digital+artery}}
* {{UMichAtlas|hand_blood1}} - "Palm of the hand, superficial dissection, anterior view"
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