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DISSECTION OF THE HAND. 



side of the little finger has its communicating branch about the 

 middle of the palm. 



termination From the point of bifurcation the arteries extend along the sides 

 of the fingers ; and over the last phalanx the vessels of opposite 



on the 

 fingers ; 



FIG. 27. SUPERFICIAL DISSECTION OF THE PALM OF THE HAND 

 (ILLUSTRATIONS OF DISSECTIONS). 



Muscles : 



A. Abductor pollicis. 



c. Outer head of flexor 



brevis. 

 D. Abductor transversus 



pollicis. 

 H. Palmaris brevis. 



Arteries : 



a. Ulnar. 

 6. Radial. 



c. Superficial volar branch. 



d. Superficial palmar arch. 



e. Branch uniting the arch 



with /, the radial digital branch 

 of the forefinger. 



g. Digital branches of the 

 superficial arch. 



Nerves : 

 1. Ulnar, and 2, its 



two 



digital branches. 



3. Median, and 5, its digital 

 branches. 



4. Branch of the median to 

 thumb- muscles. 



5 (on the annular ligament). 

 Communicating branch from the 

 median to the ulnar. 



sides unite in an arch, from the convexity of which offsets proceed 



to supply the ball of the finger. Branches are furnished to the 



and arches finger and the sheath of the tendons ; and twigs are supplied to the 



