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 |
TA98 | A12.3.08.024 |
TA2 | 4968 |
FMA | 71583 |
Anatomical terminology |
References
editThis article incorporates text in the public domain from page 661 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)