The superficial ulnar artery: Development and surgical significance

✍ Scribed by R.A. Fadel; H.S. Amonoo-Kuofi

• Book ID: 102656584
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 536 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0897-3806
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:2<128::aid-ca5>3.0.co;2-d

✦ Synopsis

The upper limbs of 72 f d i n -f i x e d human cadavas wm examined by dissectiOn for arterial anomalies. In one subject, the ulnarartery was notad to be a branch of the second part of theaxillaryartayonbodrrightandkftsides.Itranasuperficisloourseinthearm,croasedthe elbow immediately &&cent to the median cubital vein, and continued its cou8t in the fonarm in a tmbmmum position. In the band it played adominant role in the formation of the supaficial palmar arch. The anomalous ulnar artery was of a smaller caliber than both the radialandcommoninterosseousarteries.

Ahbough supaficial ulnararterieshavebeenrcported in the litcmtm,tbccombination of bilateral superficial ulnarafteries orisinating from the axillary arteries appears to be me. The ~. p o r d w w P -U a r b , -~u t e r g developmental and surgical significance of the findings an discussed 8 1996 Wiky-lh, lac.