artery dorsal metacarpal artery http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Gray529.png Wikipedia:Dorsal_metacarpal_artery Aanastomosis of dorsal carpal branch of the radial artery and the dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery near the back of the wrist. It is made up of the dorsal carpal branches of both the ulnar and radial arteries. It also anastomoses with the anterior interosseous artery and the posterior interosseous artery. The arch gives off three dorsal metacarpal arteries. dorsal metacarpal arteries NCIT:C52980 EMAPA:37079 dorsal metacarpal arteries set arteriae metacarpales dorsales check FMA, singular. specific subtypes e.g. FMA:22761 first dorsal metacarpal artery UBERON:0002454 UMLS:C0447094 SCTID:244320002 FMA:70800 set of dorsal metacarpal arteries MA:0001944