Arteria princeps pollicis at a glance
- What it is
- The princeps pollicis artery is the main artery of the thumb.
- Location
- It arises from the radial artery as it enters the palm between the heads of the first dorsal interosseous, runs along the thumb metacarpal and divides into two palmar digital arteries for the sides of the thumb.
- Function
- It supplies the thumb.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA22907 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Structures next to the arteria princeps pollicis
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- First metacarpal bone · skeletal
- Proximal phalanx of thumb · skeletal
- Superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis · muscular
- Flexor pollicis brevis · muscular
- Oblique head of adductor pollicis · muscular
- Transverse head of adductor pollicis · muscular
- Abductor pollicis brevis · muscular
- Opponens pollicis · muscular
- Second metacarpal bone · skeletal
- Extensor indicis · muscular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Arteria princeps pollicis (FMA22907). EMBL-EBI Ontology Lookup Service.
- OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology 2e, §20.1 Structure and Function of Blood Vessels. Rice University, 2022.
- Mitsuhashi N. et al. (2009). BodyParts3D: 3D structure database for anatomical concepts. Nucleic Acids Research 37, D782–D785. Data © The Database Center for Life Science, CC BY 4.0.
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