title: A complex variation in the superficial palmar arch.
abstract: In this article we describe a unique and complex variation in the arterial pattern of the left hand of a female cadaver. The following variations were found in this case: a) persistent median artery of the palmar type, terminating in the hand as the princeps pollicis and radialis indicis arteries; b) the ulnar artery giving only two common palmar digital arteries; c) the second digital palmar artery without division into two digital branches and instead supplying only the radial side of the ring finger; d) absence of the first common digital artery with the contiguous sides of the second web space supplied by the first palmar metacarpal artery from the deep palmar arch; e) early bifurcation of the median nerve proximal to the flexor retinaculum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human and Clinical Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman, Jordan. ziad@just.edu.jo
authors.forename: Z M
authors.initials: ZM
authors.lastname: Bataineh
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Moqattash
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D004210:Dissection; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008475:Median Nerve / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology