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 .[ 2] [ 3] It also divides into a common palmar digital nerve and a proper palmar digital nerve .[ 2]
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 page 942 of 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 .
^ a b Rea, Paul (2016-01-01), Rea, Paul (ed.), "Chapter 3 - Neck" , Essential Clinically Applied Anatomy of the Peripheral Nervous System in the Head and Neck , Academic Press, pp. 131–183, ISBN 978-0-12-803633-4 , retrieved 2021-01-07
^ Palazzo, J. J.; Galloway, K. (2017-01-01), Placzek, Jeffrey D.; Boyce, David A. (eds.), "Chapter 53 - Nerve Entrapments of the Wrist and Hand" , Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Secrets (Third Edition) , Elsevier, pp. 429–436, ISBN 978-0-323-28683-1 , retrieved 2021-01-07
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