Left common interosseous artery

Looks like

A short trunk, about 1 cm long, leaving the ulnar artery just below the elbow.

What it does

Quickly splits into the anterior and posterior interosseous arteries that run on either side of the membrane between the forearm bones.

Keeping it well

Only a surgical landmark; injury deep in the upper forearm can damage it.

Its parts

• Left anterior interosseous artery

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)