Intercapitular veins of the hand
The palmar digital veins on each finger are connected to the dorsal digital veins by oblique intercapitular veins. They drain into a venous plexus which is situated over the thenar and hypothenar eminences and across the front of the wrist.
| Intercapitular veins of the hand | |
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 The superficial veins of the upper extremity. (Intercapitular veins not labeled, but visible at bottom.) | |
| Details | |
| Source | palmar digital veins |
| Drains to | median antebrachial vein |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | Venae intercapitulares manus |
| TA | A12.3.08.024 A12.3.11.019 |
| FMA | 71583 |
| Anatomical terminology | |
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 661 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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