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===== [[Summary Article|'''SUMMARY''']] =====
1. Enters the forearm between heads of FCU. 
<br/>2. Then descends between FCU and FDP medial to ulnar a. 
<br/><i>3. Supplies FCU and medial FDP (tendons which attach to ring &amp; little fingers).</i>
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<br/>4. Gives palmar cutaneous and dorsal cutaneous branches before entering hand. 
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<br/><i>PALMAR CUTANEOUS BRANCH</i>
<br/>5. This lies on the retinaculum near the ulnar side of the palmaris longus tendon. Supplies skin over medial palm.
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<br/><i>DORSAL CUTANEOUS BRANCH</i>
<br/><i>6. Supplies dorsal aspect of medial 1.5 digits, including nail beds. </i>
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<br/><b>Image:</b> Whitaker, R. and Borley, N. (2016). Instant anatomy. 6th ed. Chichester (West Sussex): Wiley Blackwell, p.126.


==Reference(s)==
R.M.H McMinn (1998). Last’s anatomy: regional and applied. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone.
<br/>Gray, H., Carter, H.V. and Davidson, G. (2017). Gray’s anatomy. London: Arcturus.

[[Category:Ulnar Nerve]]
[[Category:Upper Limb]]
[[Category:Anatomy]]