Difference between revisions of "MEDIAN NERVE-E.WRIST & HAND"
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[[Summary Article|<h5>'''SUMMARY'''</h5>]] | [[Summary Article|<h5>'''SUMMARY'''</h5>]] | ||
<br/>1. Median n. enters the hand through the carpal tunnel, deep to flexor retinaculum, b/w tendons of FCR & | <br/>1. Median n. enters the hand through the carpal tunnel, deep to flexor retinaculum, b/w tendons of FCR & FDS. | ||
<br/> | <br/> 2. Divides into terminal branches in hand - palmar cutaneous branches & recurrent motor branch. | ||
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<br/>PALMAR CUTANEOUS BRANCH | <br/>PALMAR CUTANEOUS BRANCH | ||
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<br/><i>4. Curves back to supply - lateral 2 lumbricals, opponens pollicis, abductor pollicis brevis, flexor pollicis. </i> | <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]. | <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]. | ||
Revision as of 12:45, 27 December 2022
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.
