Dorsal digital arteries arise from the bifurcation of dorsal metacarpal arteries. They travel along the sides and dorsal aspects of the phalanges of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. They communicate with the proper palmar digital arteries. They run with the dorsal digital nerves of ulnar nerve and dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal_digital_arteries ]
Synonyms: dorsal digital artery of hand
Term information
- SCTID:91793005
- Wikipedia:Dorsal_digital_arteries
human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- forelimb digital artery
- dorsal digital artery
- part of some forelimb
- connected to some dorsal metacarpal artery
- part of some manual digit