radial artery

Origin: brachial artery Branches: 1) radial recurrent artery 2) princeps pollicis artery 3) dorsal digital artery 4) dorsal carpal artery 5) palmar carpal artery 6) dorsal metacarpal artery 7) palmar metacarpal artery 8) deep palmar arch 9) radialis indicis artery

Properties

GENERAL: artery RELATED: radial collateral artery FORM: radial artery BRANCHES: radial recurrent artery princeps pollicis artery (principal artery of thumb) dorsal digital artery dorsal carpal arch palmar carpal arch dorsal metacarpal artery palmar metacarpal (interosseous) artery deep palmar arterial arch radial index artery (dorsalis indicis, radialis indicis) ORIGIN: brachial artery

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999