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Blood vessels
Common palmar digital arteries
Palmar view of the left hand, showing the common palmar digital arteries in context.
Lateral aspect of finger, with artery labeled a common volar digital artery.
Alternative names for these arteries are: common volar digital arteries, ulnar metacarpal arteries, arteriae digitales palmares communes, or aa. digitales volares communes.
Muscles and arteries of the right forearm and hand, including the superficial palmar arch and the common palmar digital arteries branching off of it. Palmar aspect with the proximal part (elbow) at the top and the distal part (hand) at the bottom.
Dissection of right hands palmar side with instrument inserted under the common palmar digital arteries
Palmar and volar may be used synonymously, but volar is less common.
This is the official and international Latin term as defined by the Terminologia Anatomica (TA), but in English speaking countries and especially the US, common palmar digital arteries is more commonly used.
Again, palmar and volar may be used synonymously, but aa. digitales volares communes does not occur in the TA, and can therefore be considered deprecated.
titled Superficial Volar Arch in this picture, which is an alternative term
External links
Atlas image: hand_blood1 at the University of Michigan Health System - "Palm of the hand, superficial dissection, anterior view"
Palmar view of the left hand, showing the common palmar digital arteries in context.
Lateral aspect of finger, with artery labeled a common volar digital artery.
Muscles and arteries of the right forearm and hand, including the superficial palmar arch and the common palmar digital arteries branching off of it. Palmar aspect with the proximal part (elbow) at the top and the distal part (hand) at the bottom.
Dissection of right hands palmar side with instrument inserted under the common palmar digital arteries
