Posterior ulnar recurrent artery

Artery: Posterior ulnar recurrent artery
Arteries of the back of the forearm and hand. (Posterior ulnar recurrent labeled at center left.)
Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. (Posterior ulnar recurrent labeled at center right.)
Latin	ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris
Gray's	subject #152 596
Source	ulnar artery

The posterior ulnar recurrent artery is much larger than the anterior ulnar recurrent artery, and arises somewhat lower than it.

It passes backward and medialward on the Flexor digitorum profundus, behind the Flexor digitorum sublimis, and ascends behind the medial epicondyle of the humerus.

In the interval between this process and the olecranon, it lies beneath the Flexor carpi ulnaris, and ascending between the heads of that muscle, in relation with the ulnar nerve, it supplies the neighboring muscles and the elbow-joint, and anastomoses with the superior and inferior ulnar collateral and the interosseous recurrent arteries.

External links

• lesson4arteriesofarm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
• lesson4artofforearm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.