It is one of two recurrent arteries that arises from the ulnar artery, the other being the posterior ulnar recurrent artery.

It arises from the ulnar artery immediately below the elbow-joint, runs upward between the brachialis and pronator teres muscle and supplies twigs to those muscles.

In front of the medial epicondyle it anastomoses with the superior and Inferior ulnar collateral arteries.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 596 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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