Common palmar digital arteries 5392265 216140822 2008-05-31T07:19:48Z DumZiBoT 6085301 Bot: Converting bare references, see [[User:DumZiBoT/refLinks|FAQ]] {{Infobox Artery | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = arteriae digitales palmares communes, arteriae digitales volares communes | GraySubject = 152 | GrayPage = 598 | Image = Gray1237.svg | 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]] | Supplies = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = a_61 | DorlandsSuf = 12154127 | }} 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== <gallery> 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. </gallery> ==Footnotes and references== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{eMedicineDictionary|common+palmar+digital+artery}} * {{UMichAtlas|hand_blood1}} - "Palm of the hand, superficial dissection, anterior view" {{circulatory-stub}} {{Arteries of upper limbs}} [[Category:Arteries]][[Category:Upper limb anatomy]]