THE SUPERFICIAL ULNAR ARTERY ORIGINATING FROM THE AXILLARY ARTERY

An anomalous superficial ulnar artery was found during anatomical diss ection in the right arm of an 83-year-old Japanese woman. It originate d in the axillary artery, crossed over the median nerve, coursed ventr al to the median nerve and the brachial artery, but superficial to the bicipital aponeurosis and the flexor muscles. At the palm it formed t he superficial and deep palmar arches together with the branches of th e radial artery. The brachial artery divided into the radial and commo n interosseous arteries in the cubital fossa.