Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve

Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve
Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity. (Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve at bottom right, in yellow.)
Details
From	radial nerve
Identifiers
Latin	nervi digitales dorsales nervi radialis
Dorlands /Elsevier	n_05/12565611
TA	A14.2.03.058
FMA	75490
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

Dorsal digital nerves of radial nerve are branches on the dorsum of the hand.

They run with the dorsal digital arteries.

External links

lesson5nervesofhand at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

Nerves of the brachial plexus

Supraclavicular

root (dorsal scapular, long thoracic)
upper trunk (suprascapular, to the subclavius)

Infraclavicular

lateral cord	lateral pectoral musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) median/lateral root: anterior interosseous palmar recurrent common palmar digital (proper palmar digital)

medial cord	medial pectoral cutaneous: medial cutaneous of forearm medial cutaneous of arm ulnar: muscular palmar dorsal (dorsal digital nerves) superficial (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) deep median/medial root: see above

posterior cord	subscapular (upper, lower) thoracodorsal axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) radial: muscular cutaneous (posterior of arm, inferior lateral of arm, posterior of forearm) superficial (dorsal digital nerves) deep (posterior interosseous)

Other

cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs

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