Tags: Anatomical Structure, Artery.

The dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery arises from the ulnar artery immediately above the pisiform bone and winds backward beneath the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris; it passes across the dorsal surface of the carpus beneath the extensor tendons to anastomose with a corresponding branch of the radial artery.

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