FOREARM AND HAND 



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Surface Anatomy. In the centre of the palm the depres- 

 sion, known as the " hollow of the hand," may be remarked. 

 Along the medial border of the palm this is bounded by a 



A. volaris indicis radialis 



Ulnar nerve 

 Ulnar artery 



Princeps pollicis 



Branch to muscles 

 of thumb 



Superficial volar artery 



Median nerve 

 Radial artery 



FIG. 44. Diagram of Nerves and Vessels of Hand in relation to Bones 

 and Skin Markings. 



rounded elevation, called the hypothenar eminence, which is 

 produced by the subjacent short, intrinsic muscles of the little 

 finger. The thenar eminence, or ball of the thumb, formed by 

 the short muscles of that digit, is the marked projection which 

 limits the palmar hollow proximally and on the lateral side ; 



