Deep branch of ulnar nerve

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Deep branch of ulnar nerve
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Superficial palmar nerves. (Deep branch of ulnar labeled at center right.)
Details
Latin ramus profundus nervi ulnaris
From palmar branch of ulnar nerve
Innervates Dorsal interossei, Palmar interossei, lumbricals #3 and 4 Adductor Pollicis
Identifiers
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Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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The deep branch of the ulnar nerve is a terminal, primarily motor branch of the ulnar nerve.[1]

It is accompanied by the deep palmar branch of ulnar artery.

Path

It passes between the abductor digiti minimi and the flexor digiti minimi brevis.

It then perforates the opponens digiti minimi and follows the course of the deep palmar arch beneath the flexor tendons.

Innervation and termination

At its origin it innervates the hypothenar muscles.

As it crosses the deep part of the hand, it innervates all the interosseous muscles and the third and fourth lumbricals.

It ends by innervating the adductor pollicis and the medial (deep) head of the flexor pollicis brevis.

It also sends articular filaments to the wrist-joint.

References

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

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