Dorsal digital arteries
Details
Source	Dorsal metacarpal arteries
Vein	Dorsal digital veins
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae digitales dorsales manus
TA98	A12.2.09.035
TA2	4649
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata

Dorsal digital arteries arise from the bifurcation of dorsal metacarpal arteries. They travel along the sides and dorsal aspects of the phalanges of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. They communicate with the proper palmar digital arteries.

They run with the dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve and dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve.

See also

• Dorsal digital arteries of foot

External links

• Atlas image: hand_blood3 at the University of Michigan Health System
• http://www.portfolio.mvm.ed.ac.uk/studentwebs/session1/group50/hand.htm Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine

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