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dorsal carpal arch
Anastomotic arterial twigs running transversely across the wrist.
Origin:
1) radial artery
2) ulnar artery (dorsal carpal branch)
Branches: dorsal metacarpal arteries
Course: lies posterior to the carpus
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: dorsal carpal arch
ORIGIN: radial artery
ulnar artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium