Lecture 13 - Vessels and Nerves of the Forearm and Hand Flashcards
Define bifurcation
Splitting or dividing
Brachial artery bifurcates into what?
Radial artery and ulnar artery
Where does the bifurcation of the brachial artery occur?
Just distal to the cubital fossa
The ulnar artery passes deep to _____ and can be relocated alongside the ______ nerve deep to which muscle?
FDS: Flexor Digitorum Superficialis
ulnar nerve
FCU: Flexor Carpi Ulnaris
The ulnar artery passes _____ to the flexor retinaculum, between which bone(s)?
superficial
between pisiform and hook of hamate
The deep branch of the ulnar artery anastomoses with what?
deep palmar arch
Which artery continues as the superficial palmar arch in the hand?
Ulnar artery
Where does the radial artery travel?
Travels in a groove between anterior forearm muscles and medial border of brachio-radialis
Along which nerve can we find the radial artery?
Along the superficial branch of radial nerve
Which muscles does the radial artery pierce to become the deep palmar arch?
the first dorsal interosseous muscle and adductor pollicis
With what does the radial artery anastomose?
the deep branch of ulnar artery
Which veins follow the arterial patterns?
Deep veins
List the deep veins of the forearm and hand
- Deep venous palmar arch
- Superficial venous palmar arch
- Radial vein
- Ulnar vein
- Brachial vein
List the superficial veins of the forearm and hand
Basilic vein
Cephalic vein
The most medial structure in the cubital fossa is:
median nerve