title: The arterial supply of the carpal joint in the Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus).
abstract: The arterial supply of the six carpal joints was studied in Bactrian camels. The arterial branches supplying the carpal joints were the proximal medial dorsal, middle medial dorsal, distal medial dorsal, proximal lateral dorsal, distal lateral dorsal, proximal medial palmar, distal medial palmar, lateral palmar, proximal palmar and dorsal palmar carpi and the dorsal interosseous antebrachium branches. Some small unnamed branches supplied the diverticulum and the antebrachiocarpal joint capsule. All these arteries arose from the lateral and medial branches of the radial artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Lanzhou University, Gansu, P.R. China.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.lastname: Cui-Sheng
authors.forename: G X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002162:Camelus / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology; D002350:Carpus, Animal / Q000098:blood supply*; D007596:Joints / Q000098:blood supply*; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology