Neurovasculature
Plate461
NervesofUpperLimb
Musculocutaneous nerve
(dominant nerve to anterior
compartment muscles of arm)
Median nerve
(dominant nerve to anterior
compartment muscles of
forearm, thenar hand muscles)
Ulnar nerve
(dominant nerve to
muscles of hand, flexor
carpi ulnaris and medial
half of flexor digitorum
profundus in forearm)
Radial nerve
(dominant nerve to posterior
compartment muscles of
arm and forearm)
Radial nerve
(posterior cutaneous
nerve of arm)
T2
T2
T1
T1
Radial nerve
(posterior cutaneous
nerve of arm)
Musculocutaneous nerve
(lateral cutaneous
nerve of forearm)
Musculocutaneous nerve
(lateral cutaneous
nerve of forearm)
Radial nerve
(superficial branch)
Radial nerve
(superficial branch)
Median nerve
(innervates nail beds)
Median nerve
Ulnar nerve
Ulnar nerve
Anterior
Posterior
Medial
Lateral
Posterior
Cords of
brachial
plexus
Medial brachial
cutaneous nerve
Medial antebrachial
cutaneous nerve
Axillary nerve
See±also±
Plates 400, 410, 416
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