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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System: Variations in Origin of Median Arteries

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus II: Cardiovascular System

Variations in Origin of Median Arteries

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Reviewed


Image of variations in origin of median arteries

Dubreuil-Chambardel identified ten types of origin of median arteries.

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the trunk of the interosseous arteries

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anterior interosseous artery

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posterior interosseous artery

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median artery

Note that the median artery may arise from the trunk of the interosseous arteries, from the ulnar artery, from the radial artery and from the brachial artery.

From Dubreuil-Chambardel, 1925.

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