%0 Journal Article %T Persistent median artery in the carpal tunnel and anastomosis with superficial palmar arch %A Anneh Mohammad Gharravi %A Dariush Bijannejad %A Fatemeh Javadnia %A Mohammad Reza Gholami %A Mohsen zhaleh %A Saeed Azandeh %J Archive of "Case Reports in Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery". %D 2016 %R 10.3109/23320885.2016.1166964 %X Persistent median artery (PMA) in present cadaver originated from the brachial artery and anastomosed with the superficial palmar arch (SPA). As the PMA may be the cause of carpal tunnel syndrome and SPA is the main source of arterial supply, knowledge of which are important for the hand surgical interventions %K Persistent median artery %K superficial palmar arch %K carpal tunnel %K variation %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4996066/