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Correspondence. Superficial brachial artery continuing as the common interosseous artery
Author(s) -
NAKATANI TOSHIOI,
TANAKA SHIGENORI,
MIZUKAMI SHIGEKI
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.932
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1469-7580
pISSN - 0021-8782
DOI - 10.1046/j.1469-7580.1997.19110155.x
Subject(s) - brachial artery , ulnar artery , medicine , radial artery , anatomy , median nerve , artery , axillary artery , upper limb , surgery , radiology , blood pressure
The superficial artery of the arm with a course anterior to the median nerve is found at an incidence of ≈13%, and it continues as the radial artery twice as frequently than as the ulnar artery; less frequently it continues as both arteries (Bergman et al. 1988). We report a rare case in which the superficial brachial artery continued as the common interosseous artery only and the deep brachial artery continued as the radial and superficial ulnar arteries in the cubital fossa.