Lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm
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| Nerve: Lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm | ||
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| Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity. Posterior view. ("Lat. antibrach. cutan." visible in purple at center.) | ||
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| Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity. Anterior view. ("Lat. antibrach. cutan." visible in purple at center.) | ||
| Latin | n. cutaneus antebrachii lateralis, n. cutaneus antibrachii cutaneous lateralis | |
| Gray's | subject #210 936 | |
| From | musculocutaneous nerve | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12565454 | |
The lateral antibrachial cutaneous nerve (or lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm) (branch of musculocutaneous nerve, also sometimes spelled "antebrachial") passes behind the cephalic vein, and divides, opposite the elbow-joint, into a volar and a dorsal branch.
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[edit] Volar branch
The volar branch (ramus volaris; anterior branch) descends along the radial border of the forearm to the wrist, and supplies the skin over the lateral half of its volar surface.
At the wrist-joint it is placed in front of the radial artery, and some filaments, piercing the deep fascia, accompany that vessel to the dorsal surface of the carpus.
The nerve then passes downward to the ball of the thumb, where it ends in cutaneous filaments.
It communicates with the superficial branch of the radial nerve, and with the palmar cutaneous branch of the median nerve.
[edit] Dorsal branch
The dorsal branch (ramus dorsalis; posterior branch) descends, along the dorsal surface of the radial side of the forearm to the wrist.
It supplies the skin of the lower two-thirds of the dorso-lateral surface of the forearm, communicating with the superficial branch of the radial nerve and the dorsal antibrachial cutaneous branch of the radial.
[edit] See also
- Medial antibrachial cutaneous nerve
- Dorsal antibrachial cutaneous nerve
- Lateral brachial cutaneous nerve
[edit] External links
- Duke Orthopedics lateral_antebrachial_cutaneous_nerve
- Norman/Georgetown lesson2superficveinsupperlimb
- EatonHand ner-097
- SUNY Figs 06:03-08
- Norman/Georgetown lesson5nervesofpostforearm
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supraclavicular: dorsal scapular - suprascapular - to the subclavius - long thoracic infraclavicular: lateral cord: musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) - lateral pectoral - lateral head of median medial cord: medial pectoral - medial cutaneous of forearm - medial cutaneous cutaneous of arm - ulnar (palmar branch - dorsal branch) - medial head of median posterior cord: upper subscapular - lower subscapular - thoracodorsal - axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) - radial (muscular - posterior cutaneous of arm - posterior cutaneous of forearm - superficial branch - deep branch) median: anterior interosseous - palmar - proper palmar digital - common palmar digital |
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