THE SUPERFICIAL VEINS OF THE UPPER EXTREMITY 731 



POSTERIOR 

 ULNAR' 



DORSAL 

 VENOUS ARCH 



FIG. 509. The veins on the dorsum of the hand. (Bourgery.) 



The Superficial Veins of the Upper Extremity (Fig. 510). 



The superficial veins of the upper extremity are: 



Superficial veins of the hand. 



Anterior ulnar. 



Posterior ulnar. 



Common ulnar. 



Radial. 



Median. 



Median cephalic 

 Median basilic. 

 Basilic. 

 Cephalic. 



The superficial veins of the hand and fingers (Figs. 509 and 510) are prin- 

 cipally situated on the dorsal surface. These dorsal veins begin in each finger 

 as a venous plexus, in which are distinct veins running in a longitudinal direction 

 and called dorsal digital veins (vv. d iy Hales dorsales propriae}. The dorsal digital 

 veins terminate over the first phalanges in the venous arches of the fingers (arcus 



