Recurrent branch of the median nerve
Lua error in Module:Infobox at line 235: malformed pattern (missing ']'). The recurrent branch of the median nerve is the branch of the median nerve which supplies the thenar muscles.[1] It is also occasionally referred to as the thenar branch, or the thenar muscular branch, of the median nerve. In the thenar eminence it provides motor innervation to:
- opponens pollicis,
- abductor pollicis brevis, and
- superficial part of flexor pollicis brevis.
An earlier branch of the median nerve also supplies the lumbricals 1 & 2. All other intrinsic muscles of the hand receive their motor innervation from branches of the ulnar nerve.
It usually passes distal to the transverse carpal ligament.[2]
It ends in the opponens pollicis.[3]
References
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External links
- lesson5nervesofhand at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
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- ↑ Median nerve
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