Radial collateral artery
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| Artery: Radial collateral artery | |
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| Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint. (Radial collateral branch labeled at center left.) | |
| Latin | arteria collateralis radialis |
| Gray's | subject #150 591 |
| Source | profunda brachii |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | a_61/12153977 |
The radial collateral artery is a branch of the deep brachial artery. It arises in the arm proper and anastomoses with the radial recurrent artery near the elbow.
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 Cross-section through the middle of upper arm. |
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| Arteries of upper limbs |
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| AXILLARY: scapular anastomosis - 1st part superior thoracic - 2nd part thoracoacromial - lateral thoracic - 3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular - thoracodorsal) - anterior humeral circumflex - posterior humeral circumflex
BRACHIAL: profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - superior ulnar collateral - inferior ulnar collateral RADIAL: forearm radial recurrent - palmar carpal branch - superficial palmar branch - wrist dorsal carpal branch (dorsal carpal arch, dorsal metacarpal) - hand princeps pollicis - radial of index finger - deep palmar arch (palmar metacarpal) ULNAR: forearm anterior ulnar recurrent - posterior ulnar recurrent - common interosseous (anterior interosseous, posterior interosseous, interosseous recurrent) - wrist palmar carpal branch - dorsal carpal branch - hand superficial palmar arch (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) - deep palmar branch - palmar carpal arch |
