Superficial branch of ulnar nerve

Superficial branch of ulnar nerve
Superficial palmar nerves. (Superficial branch of ulnar labeled at center right.)
Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity.
Details
From	ulnar nerve
Innervates	Palmaris brevis
Identifiers
Latin	ramus superficialis nervi ulnaris
Dorlands /Elsevier	r_02/12692170
TA	A14.2.03.045
FMA	44876
*Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy* [edit on Wikidata]

The superficial branch of the ulnar nerve is a terminal branch of the ulnar nerve.^[1] It supplies the palmaris brevis and the skin on the ulnar side of the hand, and divides into a common palmar digital nerve and a proper palmar digital nerve.

The proper digital branches are distributed to the fingers in the same manner as those of the median nerve.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

↑ Ellis, Harold; Susan Standring; Gray, Henry David (2005). Gray's anatomy: the anatomical basis of clinical practice. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. p. 726. ISBN 0-443-07168-3.

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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