{{More citations needed|date=November 2025}} {{Infobox artery | Name = Radial collateral artery | Latin = arteria collateralis radialis | Image = Gray526.png | Caption = Diagram of the anastomosis around the elbow-joint. (Radial collateral branch labeled at center left.) | Image2 = | Caption2 = | BranchFrom = Profunda brachii | BranchTo = | Vein = | Supplies = }} The '''radial collateral artery''' (another term for the '''anterior descending branch of the profunda brachii artery''') is a branch of the deep brachial artery.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Przybycień |first1=W. |last2=Bonczar |first2=M. |last3=Ostrowski |first3=P. |last4=Koziej |first4=M. |last5=Mizia |first5=E. |last6=Wysiadecki |first6=G. |last7=Loukas |first7=M. |last8=Walocha |first8=J. |title=The deep brachial artery—A meta‐analysis of its origin and diameter with a review of the literature |journal=Clinical Anatomy |date=2022 |volume=35 |issue=7 |pages=838–846 |doi=10.1002/ca.23853 |pmid=35313051}}</ref> It arises in the arm proper and anastomoses with the radial recurrent artery near the elbow.

==See also== * superior ulnar collateral artery * inferior ulnar collateral artery * medial collateral artery

==Additional images== <gallery> File:Gray413_color.png|Cross-section through the middle of upper arm. File:Slide3FFFF.JPG|Radial collateral artery </gallery>

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