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Palmar carpal arch | |
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Details | |
Source | Palmar carpal branch of radial artery and palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery |
Identifiers | |
Latin | rete carpale palmare[citation needed] |
Anatomical terminology |
The palmar carpal arch is a joining of an artery to an artery, a circulatory anastomosis, known as an arterio-arterial anastomosis. The two connected arteries are the palmar carpal branch of the radial artery and the palmar carpal branch of the ulnar artery.
This anastomosis is joined by a branch from the anterior interosseous artery above, and by recurrent branches from the deep palmar arch below, thus forming a palmar carpal network which supplies the articulations of the wrist and carpus.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)