Superficial palmar venous arch | |
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Palm of left hand, showing position of skin creases and bones, and surface markings for the volar arches. (Superficial palmar venous arch not visible, but diagram shows location of corresponding artery.)
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Details | |
Source | common palmar digital veins |
Drains to | ulnar vein |
Artery | superficial palmar arch |
Identifiers | |
Latin | arcus venosus palmaris superficialis |
Dorlands /Elsevier |
a_58/12150796 |
TA | A12.3.08.026 |
FMA | 22914 |
Anatomical terminology
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The superficial palmar arch is accompanied by a pair of venae comitantes which constitute the superficial palmar venous arch. It receives the veins corresponding to the branches of the superficial arterial arch: the common palmar digital veins.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)