The Clinical Anatomy of the Vascular System
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
6-12-2025
Editor
Stephen J. Bordes, Jr. et al
Abstract
The radial recurrent artery (RRA) (Figs. 98.1 and 98.2) branches from the radial, ulnar, or brachial artery, traveling radially and oriented transversely. In upper limbs with normal arterial axes, the most common morphology features the RRA as the largest lateral branch of the radial artery. The vessel supplies blood to the brachioradialis, brachialis, extensor carpi radialis longus, and brevis and supinator muscles (Honma et al. 2008). In this pattern, the RRA branches from the lateral aspect of the radial artery in the cubital fossa, just distal to the transepicondylar line, and ascends the arm superiorly through the branches of the radial nerve (Honma et al. 2008). It courses proximally on the surface of the supinator muscle, then deep between the brachioradialis and brachialis muscles (Gupta et al. 2012). It terminates by anastomosing with the anterior branch of the deep brachial artery, the radial collateral artery, just proximal to the distal humerus. The average diameter of the RRA at its origin is 2.67 ± 0.60 mm in males and 2.35 ± 0.49 mm in females (Hamahata et al. 2012). Standard arterial patterns have shown that the RRA branches from the radial artery from 1.3 to 6.2 cm below the transepicondylar line (Yamaguchi et al. 1997). Arterial branches of the RRA cross the posterior interosseous nerve and enter the Arcade of Frohse to form what is commonly known as the Leash of Henry.
First Page
603
Last Page
606
Chapter Title
Chapter 98 - Radial Recurrent Artery
Publisher
Springer Nature
ISBN
[9783031783258, 9783031783265]
Rights
© 2025 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Recommended Citation
Ham, Briggs S. and Bordes, Stephen J., "The Clinical Anatomy of the Vascular System" (2025). School of Medicine Faculty Publications. 4262.
https://digitalscholar.lsuhsc.edu/som_facpubs/4262
10.1007/978-3-031-78326-5_98