Deep branch of ulnar nerve

Deep branch of ulnar nerve

Superficial palmar nerves. (Deep branch of ulnar labeled at center right.)
Details
Latin ramus profundus nervi ulnaris
From
 palmar branch of ulnar nerve
Innervates Dorsal interossei, Palmar interossei, lumbricals #3 and 4 Adductor Pollicis
Identifiers
Gray's p.942
Dorlands
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TA A14.2.03.048
FMA 44877
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The deep branch of the ulnar nerve is a terminal, primarily motor branch of the ulnar nerve.[1]

It is accompanied by the deep palmar branch of ulnar artery.

Path

It passes between the abductor digiti minimi and the flexor digiti minimi brevis.

It then perforates the opponens digiti minimi and follows the course of the deep palmar arch beneath the flexor tendons.

Innervation and termination

At its origin it innervates the hypothenar muscles.

As it crosses the deep part of the hand, it innervates all the interosseous muscles and the third and fourth lumbricals.

It ends by innervating the adductor pollicis and the medial (deep) head of the flexor pollicis brevis.

It also sends articular filaments to the wrist-joint.

References

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

  1. ↑ Ellis, Harold; Susan Standring; Gray, Henry David (2005). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. p. 726. ISBN 0-443-07168-3.

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