Difference between revisions of "MEDIAN NERVE-E.WRIST & HAND"

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SUMMARY

1. Median n. enters the hand through the carpal tunnel, deep to flexor retinaculum, b/w tendons of FCR & FDS.
2. Divides into terminal branches in hand - palmar cutaneous branches & recurrent motor branch.

PALMAR CUTANEOUS BRANCH
3. Supplies - palmar skin & dorsal nail beds of lateral 3.5 digits.

RECURRENT MOTOR BRANCH
4. Curves back to supply - lateral 2 lumbricals, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis.

Image: Gray, Henry. Anatomy of the Human Body. Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. www.bartleby.com/107/ [Accessed 21 Nov. 2018].

Reference(s)

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

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-<br/>1. Median n. enters the hand through the carpal tunnel, deep to flexor retinaculum, b/w tendons of FCR & FDS.
+. Median n. enters the hand through the carpal tunnel, deep to flexor retinaculum, b/w tendons of FCR & FDS.
 <br/> 2. Divides into terminal branches in hand - palmar cutaneous branches & recurrent motor branch.
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 <br/>RECURRENT MOTOR BRANCH
 <br/><i>4. Curves back to supply - lateral 2 lumbricals, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis. </i>
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 <br/><b bold;="" style="font-weight:">Image: </b>Gray, Henry. <i>Anatomy of the Human Body.</i> Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger, 1918; Bartleby.com, 2000. [https://www.bartleby.com/107/ www.bartleby.com/107/] [Accessed 21 Nov. 2018].
 ==Reference(s)==