Difference between revisions of "MEDIAN NERVE-D.FOREARM"
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<br/>1. Enters the forearm b/w 2 heads of pronator teres. In the forearm it gives a deep & | <br/>1. Enters the forearm b/w 2 heads of pronator teres. In the forearm it gives a deep & cutaneous branches. | ||
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<br/>DEEP | <br/>DEEP BRANCH2. Anterior interosseous n. which descends down the forearm on anterior interosseous membrane - <i>supplies FPL, pronator quadratus, lateral half of FDP (tendons of which attach to index & middle fingers).</i> | ||
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<br/>MAIN NERVE | <br/>MAIN NERVE | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 27 December 2022
SUMMARY
1. Enters the forearm b/w 2 heads of pronator teres. In the forearm it gives a deep & cutaneous branches.
DEEP BRANCH2. Anterior interosseous n. which descends down the forearm on anterior interosseous membrane - supplies FPL, pronator quadratus, lateral half of FDP (tendons of which attach to index & middle fingers).
MAIN NERVE
3. Main n. supplies pronator teres, FCR, palmaris longus, FDS.
CUTANEOUS BRANCH
4. Comes off 5cm proximal to wrist to supply skin over thenar eminence.
Image: The median nerve. Whitaker, R. and Borley, N. (2016). Instant anatomy. 5th ed. Chichester (West Sussex): Wiley Blackwell, p.134.
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.
