Muscular branches of ulnar nerve

Muscular branches of ulnar nerve
Details
From	ulnar nerve
Innervates	Flexor carpi ulnaris, Flexor digitorum profundus
Identifiers
Latin	rami musculares nervi ulnaris
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12691037
TA	A14.2.03.041
FMA	75501
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy*

The muscular branches of ulnar nerve, two in number, arise near the elbow: one supplies the Flexor carpi ulnaris (superficial muscle of the anterior compartment of the forearm); the other, the ulnar half of the Flexor digitorum profundus (deep muscle of the anterior compartment of the forearm).

References

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

Supraclavicular

Infraclavicular

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

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