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ulnar artery
Origin: brachial artery
Branches:
1) ulnar recurrent artery
2) common interosseous artery
3) muscular branches (supply muscles on the medial side of the forearm, mainly those in the flexor-pronator group
4) deep palmar artery
5) dorsal carpal artery
6) palmar carpal artery
7) superficial palmar arch
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: ulnar artery
BRANCHES: ulnar recurrent artery
common interosseous artery
deep palmar arterial arch
dorsal carpal arch
palmar carpal arch
superficial palmar arterial arch
ORIGIN: brachial artery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.
- Clinically Oriented Anatomy, 4th edition, KL Moore & AF Dalley (eds),
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA 1999.
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium