Common palmar digital nerves of ulnar nerve

Common palmar digital nerves of ulnar nerve
Superficial palmar nerves.
Details
From	superficial branch of ulnar nerve
To	proper palmar digital nerves of ulnar nerve
Identifiers
Latin	nervi digitales palmares communes nervi ulnaris
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12565651
TA	A14.2.03.046
FMA	75483
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The common palmar digital nerves of the ulnar nerve are nerves of the hand. The nerve branches off of the superficial branch of the ulnar nerve and runs toward the cleft between the ring and pinky fingers.^[1]

↑ http://nervesurgery.wustl.edu/ap/upperextremity/median/digitalcutaneousnerves/Pages/CommonPalmarDigitalNerves.aspx

Additional images

Cutaneous nerves of right upper extremity.
Common palmar digital nerves
Common palmar digital btanches of ulnar nerves
Common palmar digital btanches of ulnar nerves

References

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

Nerves of the brachial plexus

Supraclavicular

root (dorsal scapular, long thoracic)
upper trunk (suprascapular, to the subclavius)

Infraclavicular

lateral cord	lateral pectoral musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) median/lateral root: anterior interosseous palmar recurrent common palmar digital (proper palmar digital)

medial cord	medial pectoral cutaneous: medial cutaneous of forearm medial cutaneous of arm ulnar: muscular palmar dorsal (dorsal digital nerves) superficial (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) deep median/medial root: see above

posterior cord	subscapular (upper, lower) thoracodorsal axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) radial: muscular cutaneous (posterior of arm, inferior lateral of arm, posterior of forearm) superficial (dorsal digital nerves) deep (posterior interosseous)

Other

cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs

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