THE RADIAL ARTERY 



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(6) At the wrist the artery reaches the back of the carpus by passing between the radial collateral 

 ligament of the wrist and the tendons of the Abductor pollicis longus and Extensor pollicis brevis. 



Radial 

 recurrent 



Radial 

 recurrent 



Dorsal 

 interosseous 



Muscular 



Deep volar Volar radial cai~pdl 

 branch Superficial volar 



?/ ulnar 



Inferior ulnar 

 collateral 



Anterior ulnar 



recurrent 

 Posterior ulnar 



recurrent 



Muscular 



Volar ulnar carpal 



Deep volar branch 

 of ulnar 



FIG. 527. The radial and ulnar arteries. 



FIG. 528. Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. 



It then descends on the navicular and greater multangular bones, and before disappearing be- 

 tween the heads of the first Interosseus dorsalis is crossed by the tendon of the Extensor pollicis 



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