[Multiple variations of the hand arteries (short communication)].
A human hand was injected with red-coloured gelatine. There, three varieties in the arterious blood supply were detected. (1) The radial artery directly ramifies to branches for the forefinger and the middle finger, (2) The radial artery divides an the dorsum manus, (3) A branch from the superficial palmar arc contributes to the supply of the thumb.
Steinke
Hanno
H
Department of Anatomy, University of Leipzig, Liebigstrasse 13, D-04107 Leipzig, Germany. steinke@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
Esche
Miriko
M
Schmidt
Wolfgang
W
D004396:Coloring Agents; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013933:Thumb / Q000098:blood supply*
D004396:Coloring Agents