title: Arteries of the thumb originating from the superficial palmar arch: five cases.
abstract: Five cases are described where the first web space of the hand received arteries only from the superficial palmar arch. None of these branches was large enough to deserve the name "princeps pollicis artery". These variations must be taken into account during surgical dissections of the hand.
authors.affiliation: Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erbil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aktekin
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Denk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onderoglu
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Sürücü
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000886:Anthropometry; D002102:Cadaver; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D013933:Thumb / Q000098:blood supply*