Anatom3DLeft anterior ulnar recurrent artery
Ramus anterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris sinistrae · Levá přední zpětná loketní tepna
Heart & arteries
Looks like
A small branch that leaves the ulnar artery just below the elbow and runs up in front of the inner elbow bump.
What it does
Joins the inferior ulnar collateral artery, part of the loop of blood supply around the elbow.
Keeping it well
A backup route for blood to the forearm; rarely a problem by itself.
Related conditions
- Compartment syndrome
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Hypothermia & frostbite
- Kawasaki disease
- Lymphangitis
- Metabolic syndrome
- Orthostatic hypotension & POTS
- Peripheral artery disease
- Phaeochromocytoma & hyperaldosteronism
- Pre-eclampsia
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Sepsis
- Shock (circulatory failure)
- Vasculitis (GCA & others)