Posterior ulnar recurrent artery

Posterior ulnar recurrent artery
Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand (posterior ulnar recurrent artery labeled at center left)
Deep view of ulnar and radial arteries (posterior ulnar recurrent artery labeled at center right)
Details
Source	Ulnar artery
Identifiers
Latin	Ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris
TA	A12.2.09.044
FMA	22803
*Anatomical terminology* [edit on Wikidata]

The posterior ulnar recurrent artery is an artery in the forearm. It is one of two recurrent arteries that arises from the ulnar artery, the other being the anterior ulnar recurrent artery. The posterior ulnar recurrent artery being much larger than the anterior and also arises somewhat lower than it.

It passes backward and medialward on the flexor digitorum profundus, behind the flexor digitorum superficialis muscle, and ascends behind the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

In the interval between this process and the olecranon, it lies beneath the flexor carpi ulnaris, and ascending between the heads of that muscle, in relation with the ulnar nerve, it supplies the neighboring muscles and the elbow-joint, and anastomoses with the superior and inferior ulnar collateral arteries and the interosseous recurrent arteries.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

lesson4arteriesofarm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
lesson4artofforearm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

Shoulder (before teres minor)

1st part	Superior thoracic artery

2nd part	Thoracoacromial artery pectoral branch acromial branch clavicular branch deltoid branch Lateral thoracic artery

3rd part	Subscapular artery scapular anastomosis circumflex scapular artery thoracodorsal artery anterior humeral circumflex artery posterior humeral circumflex artery

Forearm (before cubital fossa)

forearm	radial recurrent

wrist/carpus	Dorsal carpal branch dorsal carpal arch Palmar carpal branch deep palmar arch

hand	Superficial palmar branch princeps pollicis radialis indicis artery superficial palmar arch

forearm	ulnar recurrent anterior posterior common interosseous anterior posterior interosseous recurrent

wrist/carpus	Dorsal carpal branch dorsal carpal arch Palmar carpal branch superficial palmar arch

Arterial Arches

Dorsal carpal arch	dorsal metacarpal dorsal digital

Palmar carpal arch	superficial palmar arch common palmar digital proper palmar digital deep palmar arch palmar metacarpal

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