Common palmar digital arteries

Three common palmar digital arteries arise from the convexity of the superficial palmar arch and proceed distally on the second, third, and fourth lumbricales muscles.

Common palmar digital arteries
Palmar view of the left hand, showing the common palmar digital arteries in context.
Lateral aspect of finger, with artery labeled a common volar digital artery.
Details
Source	Superficial palmar arch
Branches	Proper palmar digital arteries
Vein	Palmar digital veins
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae digitales palmares communes, arteriae digitales volares communes
TA98	A12.2.09.057
TA2	4672
FMA	22852
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Alternative names for these arteries are:^[1] common volar digital arteries,^[2] ulnar metacarpal arteries, arteriae digitales palmares communes,^[3] or aa. digitales volares communes.^[4]

Each of these arteries receive the corresponding volar metacarpal artery and then divide into a pair of proper palmar digital arteries (q.v.).

Additional images

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  Muscles and arteries of the right forearm and hand, including the superficial palmar arch^[5] and the common palmar digital arteries branching off of it. Palmar aspect with the proximal part (elbow) at the top and the distal part (hand) at the bottom.
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  Dissection of right hands palmar side with instrument inserted under the common palmar digital arteries