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Common interosseous artery

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]



The common interosseous artery, about 1 cm. in length, arises immediately below the tuberosity of the radius.

Passing backward to the upper border of the interosseous membrane, it divides into two branches, the anterior interosseous and posterior interosseous arteries.

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