Abstract

BACKGROUND: The proper palmar digital arteries arise infrequently from dorsal metacarpal arteries. This work reports the second dorsal metacarpal artery unusual ending and a vascular variation related to the superficial palmar arch.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fresh human upper limbs routine dissection, from a male cadaver, injected with coloured elastomeric material, immersed in 10% formalin.
RESULTS: The second dorsal metacarpal artery presented terminal branches, the index finger medial proper digital palmar artery and the middle finger lateral proper digital palmar artery. At the division point of both terminal branches, the second dorsal metacarpal artery anastomoses with a thin forth common digital palmar artery.
CONCLUSIONS: The value of this knowledge about the infrequent vascular dispo­sition lies in vascularised flaps design using the second dorsal metacarpal artery. (Folia Morphol 2018; 77, 2: 393–396)

Details

Title
Unusual ending of the second dorsal metacarpal artery as proper palmar digital arteries
Author
Bianchi, H.F. 1 ; Vargas, C.A. 2 ; Ottone, N.E. 3 

1  University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina 
2  Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile 
3  Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. [email protected] 
First page
393
End page
396
Publication year
2018
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Via Medica
ISSN
00155659
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5603/FM.a2017.0084
ProQuest document ID
2464210673
Copyright
© 2018. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.