Neurovasculature
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UlnarNerve
Ulnar nerve (
C7
, 8, T1)
(no branches above elbow)
Inconstant contribution
Medial epicondyle
Articular branch
(behind condyle)
Flexor digitorum profundus
muscle (medial part only;
lateral part supplied by
anterior interosseous
branch of median nerve)
Dorsal branch of ulnar nerve
Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle
(
retracted
)
Palmar branch
Superficial branch
Palmar carpal ligament
Deep branch
Palmaris brevis
Abductor digiti minimi
Flexor digiti minimi brevis
Opponens digiti minimi
Hypothenar muscles
Common palmar digital nerve
Palmar interosseous muscles
Communicating branch of median nerve with
ulnar nerve
3rd and 4th lumbrical muscles (
turned down
)
Palmar digital nerves
(dorsal digital nerves are from dorsal branch)
Dorsal branches to dorsum of middle and distal phalanges
Adductor pollicis muscle
1st dorsal
interosseous muscle
Posterior
(dorsal) view
Flexor pollicis brevis muscle
(deep head only; superficial
head and other thenar muscles
supplied by median nerve)
Palmar view
Cutaneous
innervation
Anterior view
Note: Only muscles innervated
by ulnar nerve shown.
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