radial artery

radial artery  (rd-l)

A major artery that follows the course of the radius on the ventral aspect of the forearm to the wrist, where it is felt as a pulse, and enters the hand. It supplies blood mostly to the thumb, index finger, and muscles of the forearm.

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radial artery - branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm arteria radialis arteria, arterial blood vessel, artery - a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the body