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Variations in the Pattern of the Interosseus Arteries of the Forearm
Author(s) -
Hurley Mary,
Neu Devlynn,
Douglas Scott,
Stevens Todd,
Olivieri Marion
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.2018.32.1_supplement.512.10
Subject(s) - medicine , ulnar artery , radial artery , anatomy , forearm , brachial artery , cadaver , upper limb , artery , surgery , radiology , blood pressure
In many anatomy texts, the ulnar artery is named as the source of the common interosseus artery, and anterior and posterior interosseus arteries branch from the common interosseus artery. In the fall semester of 2017, a variation was observed in dissection of one of the cadavers, in which the common interosseus artery was a branch of the radial artery. This research determines variations in the branching pattern of common, anterior and posterior interosseus arteries in the population of cadavers dissected in fall 2017. Of the 17 upper extremities that were dissected and measured, only 5 common interosseus branches were observed, branching from the ulnar artery at an average of 3.4 cm distal to the split of brachial artery into the radial and ulnar arteries. Most limbs had no common interosseus artery, instead a branching of the ulnar to anterior and posterior interosseus directly, at an average of 3.75 cm from the split of the brachial. Three limbs displayed branching of the posterior interosseus directly from the ulnar at an average of 3.6 cm from the split of the brachial, proximal to the branching of the anterior interosseus at an average of 4.0 cm from the split of the brachial. In the limb in which the common interosseus was a branch of the radial artery, the branching of the common interosseus was 5.3 cm from the split of the brachial, and the length of the common interosseus was 2.2 cm. That cadaver's opposite limb had no brachial artery, instead the radial and ulnar arteries were branches of the axillary artery. Support or Funding Information Research supported by the Biology and Math Department of D'Youville College This abstract is from the Experimental Biology 2018 Meeting. There is no full text article associated with this abstract published in The FASEB Journal .