Deep palmar branch of ulnar artery

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Artery: Deep palmar branch of ulnar artery

Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. (Deep volar branch of ulnar labeled at bottom right.)
Latin	ramus palmaris profundus arteriae ulnaris
Gray's	subject #152 598
Source	ulnar artery
Dorlands / Elsevier	r_02/12691357

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

The deep palmar branch of ulnar artery (deep volar branch, profunda branch) passes between the Abductor digiti quinti and Flexor digiti quinti brevis and through the origin of the Opponens digiti quinti; it anastomoses with the radial artery, and completes the deep volar arch.

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Axillary	scapular anastomosis - 1st part superior thoracic - 2nd part thoracoacromial (deltoid branch) - lateral thoracic - 3rd part subscapular (circumflex scapular, thoracodorsal) - anterior humeral circumflex - posterior humeral circumflex
Brachial	profunda brachii (radial collateral, medial collateral) - ulnar collateral artery (superior, inferior)
Radial	forearm: radial recurrent wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch - palmar carpal branch hand: superficial palmar branch - princeps pollicis (radial of index finger)
Ulnar	forearm: ulnar recurrent (anterior, posterior) - common interosseous (anterior, posterior, recurrent) wrist/carpus: dorsal carpal branch - palmar carpal branch hand: deep palmar branch
Arches	dorsal carpal arch: dorsal metacarpal (dorsal digital) palmar carpal arch superficial palmar arch: common palmar digital (proper palmar digital) deep palmar arch: palmar metacarpal