palmar metacarpal arteries


pal·mar met·a·car·pal ar·ter·ies

[TA] three arteries springing from the deep palmar arch and running in the three medial interosseous metacarpal spaces; they anastomose with the common palmar and, through perforating branches, with the dorsal metacarpal arteries. Synonym(s): arteriae metacarpale palmare [TA], palmar interosseous artery