Co-existence of superficial ulnar artery and aneurysm of the deep palmar arch in the hand.
During routine anatomy dissection classes for undergraduate medical students, an unilateral case of superficial ulnar artery (SUA) in a 75-year-old male human cadaver arosing from the third part of the right axillary artery at the junction of the two median nerve roots was observed. In the hand, the SUA coursed over the flexor retinaculum and anastomosed with the superficial palmar branch of the radial artery to form the superficial palmar arch. After the origin of the SUA, the axillary artery continued as the brachial artery, which was divided into radial and common interosseous arteries at the neck of the radius. The normal ulnar artery was absent. In the same cadaver, a thin walled dilatation was seen on its palmar aspect at the base of the 1st metacarpal bone (Fig. 2, Ref. 11). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
Pulakunta
Thejodhar
T
Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. Matthews University School of Medicine, Grand Cayman Islands, BWI.
Potu
Bhagath Kumar
BK
Vollala
Venkata Ramana
VR
Gorantla
Vasavi Rakesh
VR
Thomas
Huban
H
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000002:abnormalities*