Volume : III, Issue : XII, December - 2013

SUPERFICIAL ULNAR ARTERY & ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

Mittal Anupama, Gupta Shalini, Singh Bindu

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Variations in the major arteries of the upper limb are estimated to be present in up to one fifth of people, and may have significant clinical implications. Anatomical variations in the arterial pattern of the upper limb are very common. The superficial ulnar artery is one of the rare variations amongst them and usually arises from Axillary or Brachial artery and lies superficial to the forearm flexor muscles. We present here a case of superficial ulnar artery found during the routine dissection of left upper limb of a 50–year–old male cadaver where we have observed a superficial ulnar artery crossing over the bicipital aponeurosis and forearm flexor muscles. Such artery may impose diagnostic as well as surgical errors. Hence existence of superficial ulnar artery becomes an interesting subject to Surgeons, Radiologists as well as to Anatomists.

 

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Mittal Anupama, Gupta Shalini, Singh Bindu SUPERFICIAL ULNAR ARTERY & ITS CLINICAL IMPORTANCE Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.XII Dec 2013

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