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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirs%C9%99k_arteriyas%C4%B1" title="Dirsək arteriyası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dirsək arteriyası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Лакътна артерия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Лакътна артерия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%A8ria_cubital" title="Artèria cubital – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Artèria cubital" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" 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style="background-color:pink">Ulnar artery</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray1237.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gray1237.svg/250px-Gray1237.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="350" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gray1237.svg/375px-Gray1237.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Gray1237.svg/500px-Gray1237.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="531" data-file-height="743" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Palm of (corrected) right hand, showing position of skin creases and bones, and surface markings for the volar arches.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray1235.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gray1235.png/250px-Gray1235.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="121" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gray1235.png/375px-Gray1235.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Gray1235.png/500px-Gray1235.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="291" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Front of right upper extremity, showing surface markings for bones, arteries, and nerves.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Source</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">Brachial artery</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em">Branches</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Anterior ulnar recurrent artery">Anterior ulnar recurrent artery</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Posterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Posterior ulnar recurrent artery">posterior ulnar recurrent artery</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Common_interosseous_artery" title="Common interosseous artery">common interosseous artery</a> (<a href="/wiki/Volar_interosseous_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Volar interosseous artery">volar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_interosseous_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal interosseous artery">dorsal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recurrent_interosseous_artery" class="mw-redirect" title="Recurrent interosseous artery">recurrent interosseous artery</a>)<br /> <a href="/wiki/Muscular_artery" title="Muscular artery">muscular artery</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Volar_carpal" class="mw-redirect" title="Volar carpal">volar carpal</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal carpal">dorsal carpal</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Deep_volar" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep volar">deep volar</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Superficial_volar_arch" class="mw-redirect" title="Superficial volar arch">superficial volar arch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">Vein</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ulnar_vein" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulnar vein">Ulnar vein</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>arteria ulnaris</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Medical_Subject_Headings" title="Medical Subject Headings">MeSH</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://meshb.nlm.nih.gov/record/ui?ui=D017535">D017535</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA98</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ifaa.unifr.ch/Public/EntryPage/TA98%20Tree/Entity%20TA98%20EN/12.2.09.041%20Entity%20TA98%20EN.htm">A12.2.09.041</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Terminologia_Anatomica" title="Terminologia Anatomica">TA2</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ta2viewer.openanatomy.org/?id=4655">4655</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma22796">22796</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599817" class="extiw" title="d:Q599817">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>ulnar artery</b> is the main <a href="/wiki/Blood_vessel" title="Blood vessel">blood vessel</a>, with oxygenated <a href="/wiki/Blood" title="Blood">blood</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Human_Anatomical_Terms#Anatomical_directions" class="mw-redirect" title="Human Anatomical Terms">medial</a> aspects of the <a href="/wiki/Forearm" title="Forearm">forearm</a>. It arises from the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">brachial artery</a> and terminates in the superficial palmar arch, which joins with the superficial branch of the <a href="/wiki/Radial_artery" title="Radial artery">radial artery</a>. It is palpable on the anterior and medial aspect of the <a href="/wiki/Wrist" title="Wrist">wrist</a>. </p><p>Along its course, it is accompanied by a similarly named <a href="/wiki/Vein" title="Vein">vein</a> or veins, the <a href="/wiki/Ulnar_vein" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulnar vein">ulnar vein</a> or ulnar veins. </p><p>The ulnar artery, the larger of the two terminal branches of the brachial, begins a little below the bend of the <a href="/wiki/Elbow-joint" class="mw-redirect" title="Elbow-joint">elbow</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a>, and, passing obliquely downward, reaches the ulnar side of the forearm at a point about midway between the elbow and the wrist. It then runs along the ulnar border to the wrist, crosses the <a href="/wiki/Transverse_carpal_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Transverse carpal ligament">transverse carpal ligament</a> on the radial side of the <a href="/wiki/Pisiform_bone" title="Pisiform bone">pisiform bone</a>, and immediately beyond this bone divides into two branches, which enter into the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep</a> volar arches. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Branches">Branches</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Forearm: <a href="/wiki/Anterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Anterior ulnar recurrent artery">Anterior ulnar recurrent artery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Posterior_ulnar_recurrent_artery" title="Posterior ulnar recurrent artery">Posterior ulnar recurrent artery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_interosseous" class="mw-redirect" title="Common interosseous">Common interosseous</a> is very short, around 1 cm, and gives rise to the anterior, posterior, and recurrent interosseous arteries and close to the wrist it gives off the <a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_branch_of_ulnar_artery" title="Palmar carpal branch of ulnar artery">palmar carpal branch</a> which is the ulnar contribution to the <a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_arch" title="Palmar carpal arch">palmar carpal arch</a> and it also gives a <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_branch" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal carpal branch">dorsal carpal branch</a> which is the ulnar contribution to <a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">dorsal carpal arch</a>. </p><p>Hand: <a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_branch_of_ulnar_artery" title="Deep palmar branch of ulnar artery">Deep palmar branch of ulnar artery</a> which passes through the hypothenar muscles to anastomose with the <a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep palmar arch</a> which is formed predominantly by the <a href="/wiki/Radial_artery" title="Radial artery">radial artery</a> and the terminal branch of the ulnar artery is then to form the <a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations">Relations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Relations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In its upper half, it is deeply seated, being covered by the <a href="/wiki/Pronator_teres" class="mw-redirect" title="Pronator teres">Pronator teres</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flexor_carpi_radialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor carpi radialis">Flexor carpi radialis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palmaris_longus" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmaris longus">Palmaris longus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_superficialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digitorum superficialis">Flexor digitorum superficialis</a>; it lies upon the <a href="/wiki/Brachialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Brachialis">Brachialis</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_profundus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digitorum profundus">Flexor digitorum profundus</a>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Median_nerve" title="Median nerve">median nerve</a> is in relation with the medial side of the artery for about 2.5 cm. and then crosses the vessel, being separated from it by the ulnar head of the <a href="/wiki/Pronator_teres" class="mw-redirect" title="Pronator teres">Pronator teres</a>. </p><p>In the lower half of the forearm, it lies upon the <a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_profundus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digitorum profundus">Flexor digitorum profundus</a>, being covered by the integument and the superficial and deep fasciæ, and placed between the <a href="/wiki/Flexor_carpi_ulnaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor carpi ulnaris">Flexor carpi ulnaris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_superficialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digitorum superficialis">Flexor digitorum superficialis</a>. </p><p>It is accompanied by two <a href="/wiki/Ven%C3%A6_comitantes" class="mw-redirect" title="Venæ comitantes">venæ comitantes</a>, and is overlapped in its middle third by the <a href="/wiki/Flexor_carpi_ulnaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor carpi ulnaris">Flexor carpi ulnaris</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Ulnar_nerve" title="Ulnar nerve">ulnar nerve</a> lies on the medial side of the lower two-thirds of the artery, and the palmar cutaneous branch of the nerve descends on the lower part of the vessel to the palm of the hand. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wrist">Wrist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Wrist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the wrist, the ulnar artery is covered by the integument and the <a href="/wiki/Volar_carpal_ligament" class="mw-redirect" title="Volar carpal ligament">volar carpal ligament</a>, and lies upon the <a href="/wiki/Flexor_retinaculum_of_the_hand" title="Flexor retinaculum of the hand">Flexor retinaculum of the hand</a>. On its medial side is the <a href="/wiki/Pisiform_bone" title="Pisiform bone">pisiform bone</a>, and, somewhat behind the artery, the <a href="/wiki/Ulnar_nerve" title="Ulnar nerve">ulnar nerve</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Peculiarities">Peculiarities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Peculiarities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ulnar artery varies in its origin in the proportion of about one in thirteen cases; it may arise about 5 to 7 cm. below the elbow, but more frequently higher, the brachial being more often the source of origin than the axillary. </p><p>Variations in the position of this vessel are more common than in the radial. When its origin is normal, the course of the vessel is rarely changed. </p><p>When it arises high up, it is almost invariably superficial to the Flexor muscles in the forearm, lying commonly beneath the fascia, more rarely between the fascia and integument. </p><p>In a few cases, its position is subcutaneous in the upper part of the forearm, and subaponeurotic in the lower part. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allen_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Allen test">Allen test</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_images">Additional images</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Additional images"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray417_color.PNG" class="mw-file-description" title="Cross-section through the middle of the forearm."><img alt="Cross-section through the middle of the forearm." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Gray417_color.PNG/120px-Gray417_color.PNG" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Gray417_color.PNG/180px-Gray417_color.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Gray417_color.PNG/240px-Gray417_color.PNG 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="422" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cross-section through the middle of the forearm. </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray421.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna."><img alt="Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Gray421.png/120px-Gray421.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Gray421.png/180px-Gray421.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Gray421.png/240px-Gray421.png 2x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="312" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Transverse section across distal ends of radius and ulna.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray422.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Transverse section across the wrist and digits."><img alt="Transverse section across the wrist and digits." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Gray422.png/120px-Gray422.png" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Gray422.png/180px-Gray422.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Gray422.png/240px-Gray422.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="386" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Transverse section across the wrist and digits.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray425.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The palmar aponeurosis."><img alt="The palmar aponeurosis." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Gray425.png/107px-Gray425.png" decoding="async" width="107" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Gray425.png/161px-Gray425.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Gray425.png/215px-Gray425.png 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The palmar aponeurosis.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray526.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint."><img alt="Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gray526.png/115px-Gray526.png" decoding="async" width="115" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gray526.png/172px-Gray526.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gray526.png/229px-Gray526.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="523" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gray527.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Arteries of the right forearm - anterior view."><img alt="Arteries of the right forearm - anterior view." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gray527.png/37px-Gray527.png" decoding="async" width="37" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gray527.png/56px-Gray527.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Gray527.png/75px-Gray527.png 2x" data-file-width="283" data-file-height="900" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Arteries of the right forearm - anterior view. </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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Deep view.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text in the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/anatomyofhumanbo1918gray#page/595/mode/2up">page 595</a> of the 20th edition of</i> <a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Anatomy" title="Gray's Anatomy">Gray's Anatomy</a> <i>(1918)</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ulnar_artery&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wheelessonline.com/ortho/ulnar_artery">Ulnar artery</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Duke_University_Health_System" title="Duke University Health System">Duke University Health System</a>'s Orthopedics program</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wesnorman.com/lesson4artofforearm.htm">lesson4artofforearm</a> at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown 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artery">anterior humeral circumflex artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Posterior_humeral_circumflex_artery" title="Posterior humeral circumflex artery">posterior humeral circumflex artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">Brachial</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Arm<br /><span class="nobold">before <a href="/wiki/Cubital_fossa" title="Cubital fossa">cubital fossa</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Profunda_brachii" class="mw-redirect" title="Profunda brachii">profunda brachii</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_collateral_artery" title="Radial collateral artery">radial collateral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medial_collateral_artery" title="Medial collateral artery">medial collateral</a></li></ul></li> <li><i>ulnar collateral</i> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superior_ulnar_collateral_artery" title="Superior ulnar collateral artery">superior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inferior_ulnar_collateral_artery" title="Inferior ulnar collateral artery">inferior</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Radial_artery" title="Radial artery">Radial artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">forearm</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Radial_recurrent_artery" title="Radial recurrent artery">radial recurrent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">wrist/carpus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_branch_of_the_radial_artery" title="Dorsal carpal branch of the radial artery">Dorsal carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_carpal_arch" title="Dorsal carpal arch">dorsal carpal arch</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmar_carpal_branch_of_radial_artery" title="Palmar carpal branch of radial artery">Palmar carpal branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deep_palmar_arch" title="Deep palmar arch">deep palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">hand</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_branch_of_radial_artery" title="Superficial palmar branch of radial artery">Superficial palmar branch</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princeps_pollicis_artery" title="Princeps pollicis artery">princeps pollicis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radial_artery_of_index_finger" title="Radial artery of index finger">radialis indicis artery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superficial_palmar_arch" title="Superficial palmar arch">superficial palmar arch</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Median_artery" title="Median artery">Median artery</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Median_artery" title="Median artery">median artery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th 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