DORSAL VENOUS NETWORK
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SUMMARY
1. Large veins that lie superficially beneath the dorsal skin and drain the palm so that pressure of gripping does not impede venous return.
2. Drains on the radial side into the cephalic vein.
3. Drains on the ulnar side into the basilic vein.
Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 20 Nov. 2018].
Reference(s)
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.
