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Variations of the superficial palmar arch
K Ozkus1, T Peştelmaci, A I Soyluoğlu
1Department of Anatomy, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul.
Folia Morphologica
|December 19, 1998
Abstract:
The superficial palmar arteries were carefully dissected, using gross techniques, in 80 conserved cadaver hands. 78 of the specimens (97.5%) were shown to have the superficial palmar arch 64 (80%) of which were formed by anastomoses between ulnar and radial arteries. In 14 of the specimens (17.5%) the arch was formed by the ulnar artery alone. There were no arches in 2 of the specimens (2.5%) which were supplied by the anterior median artery.