Description
The perforating veins of the hand refer to the communicating branches that connect the superficial venous palmar arch with the dorsal venous network of the hand (or dorsal venous arch).
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Vein
Vein is a secreted ligand for the Drosophila EGFR receptor homolog (EGFR), and EGFR-mediated activation of the Ras/MAP kinase pathway is essential for longitduinal glial cell survival (Hidalgo et al., 2001).