Superficial branch of the radial nerve
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| Nerve: Superficial branch of the radial nerve | ||
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| Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity. Anterior view. | ||
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| Nerves of the left upper extremity. | ||
| Latin | ramus superficialis nervi radialis | |
| Gray's | subject #210 944 | |
| From | radial nerve | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | r_02/12692164 | |
The superficial branch of the radial nerve passes along the front of the radial side of the forearm to the commencement of its lower third.
It lies at first slightly lateral to the radial artery, concealed beneath the Brachioradialis. In the middle third of the forearm, it lies behind the same muscle, close to the lateral side of the artery.
It quits the artery about 7 cm. above the wrist, passes beneath the tendon of the Brachioradialis, and, piercing the deep fascia, divides into two branches: lateral and medial.
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[edit] Lateral branch
The lateral branch, the smaller, supplies the skin of the radial side and ball of the thumb, joining with the volar branch of the lateral antibrachial cutaneous nerve.
[edit] Medial branch
The medial branch communicates, above the wrist, with the dorsal branch of the lateral antibrachial cutaneous, and, on the back of the hand, with the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve.
It then divides into four digital nerves, which are distributed as follows: the first supplies the ulnar side of the thumb; the second, the radial side of the index finger; the third, the adjoining sides of the index and middle fingers; the fourth communicates with a filament from the dorsal branch of the ulnar nerve, and supplies the adjacent sides of the middle and ring fingers.
[edit] Additional images
 Ulnar and radial arteries. Deep view. |
 Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity. Posterior view. |
 Superficial palmar nerves. |
 Deep palmar nerves. |
 Front of right upper extremity, showing surface markings for bones, arteries, and nerves. |
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| Nerves of upper limbs (primarily): the brachial plexus |
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| supraclavicular: dorsal scapular - suprascapular - to the subclavius - long thoracic
infraclavicular: lateral cord: musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) - lateral pectoral - lateral head of median (anterior interosseous, palmar, common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) medial cord: medial pectoral - medial cutaneous of forearm - medial cutaneous of arm - ulnar (muscular branches, dorsal branch, palmar branch, superficial branch, deep branch) - medial head of median posterior cord: subscapular (upper, lower) - thoracodorsal - axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) - radial (muscular, inferior lateral cutaneous of arm, posterior cutaneous of arm, posterior cutaneous of forearm, superficial branch, deep branch, posterior interosseous) |
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