Cardiovascular system
Middle collateral artery
Arteria collateralis media
- System
- Cardiovascular system
- Regions
- Upper limb
- Side
- Left and right
- Part of
- Deep brachial artery
DescriptionUnreviewed
The medial collateral artery (also known as the middle collateral artery) is a branch of profunda brachii artery that descends in the middle head of the triceps brachii and assists in forming the anastomosis with the interosseous recurrent artery above the olecranon of the ulna near the elbow.
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Names
- Latin
- Arteria collateralis media
- English
- Middle collateral artery
- French
- Artère collatérale moyenne
- Spanish
- Arteria colateral media
- Portuguese
- Artéria colateral média