Rete articulare cubiti

Front view of arteries in the area of ​​the human elbow joint

The rete articulare cubiti ("elbow joint network") is a vascular network of several arteries around the elbow joint .

The braid together anastomosing vessels is of several branches of the spoke and ulnar artery fed, particularly the artery radial collateral , the artery collateralis media , the superior ulnar collateral artery , inferior ulnar collateral artery , the artery radial recurrent , the artery recurrent laryngeal nerve and artery interosseous recurrens .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FCAT - Federative Committee on Anatomical Terminology: Terminologia Anatomica. Thieme, Stuttgart et al. 1998, ISBN 3-13-114361-4 .

literature

• Hellmuth Michels, Claas Lennart Neumann: Short textbook anatomy. Elsevier, Urban & Fischer, Munich et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-437-41332-2 , p. 79.