Palmar metacarpal arteries

The palmar metacarpal arteries (volar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries) are three or four arteries that arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch.

Palmar metacarpal arteries
Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view (Volar metacarpal visible at bottom center).
Details
Source	Deep palmar arch
Vein	Palmar metacarpal veins
Identifiers
Latin	arteriae metacarpales palmares, arteriae metacarpeae volares
TA98	A12.2.09.039
TA2	4653
FMA	70802
Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

Structure

The palmar metacarpal arteries arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch.^[1]

They run distally upon the palmar interossei muscles. They anastomose at the clefts of the fingers with the common palmar digital arteries which arise from the superficial palmar arch.^[1]