Palmar metacarpal artery at a glance
- What it is
- Small arteries of the deep palm that run between the metacarpals.
- Location
- Usually three or four arise from the deep palmar arch and run along the interosseous spaces to join the common palmar digital arteries.
- Function
- They supply the interosseous muscles and metacarpal region.
- Body system
- Cardiovascular · paired (left and right)
- FMA ID
- FMA22865 (Foundational Model of Anatomy)
Structures next to the palmar metacarpal artery
The nearest named structures in the 3D model, measured from the centre of each part:
- Extensor indicis · muscular
- Dorsal venous network of hand · cardiovascular
- Third metacarpal bone · skeletal
- Dorsal interossei of hand · muscular
- Fourth metacarpal bone · skeletal
- Second metacarpal bone · skeletal
- Transverse head of adductor pollicis · muscular
- Oblique head of adductor pollicis · muscular
- Palmar interossei of hand · muscular
- Deep palmar arch · cardiovascular
References
- Foundational Model of Anatomy: Palmar metacarpal artery (FMA22865). 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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