Superficial branch of ulnar nerve

Superficial branch of ulnar nerve

Superficial palmar nerves. (Superficial branch of ulnar labeled at center right.)

Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity.
Details
From ulnar nerve
Innervates Palmaris brevis
Identifiers
Latin ramus superficialis nervi ulnaris
Dorlands
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TA A14.2.03.045
FMA 44876

Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The superficial branch of the ulnar nerve is a terminal branch of the ulnar nerve.[1] It supplies the palmaris brevis and the skin on the ulnar side of the hand, and divides into a common palmar digital nerve and a proper palmar digital nerve.

The proper digital branches are distributed to the fingers in the same manner as those of the median nerve.

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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