Muscular branches of ulnar nerve

The muscular branches of ulnar nerve are a variety of branches of the ulnar nerve. One supplies the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle (a superficial muscle of the anterior compartment of the forearm), while the other supplies the ulnar half of the flexor digitorum profundus muscle (a deep muscle of the anterior compartment of the forearm).

Muscular branches of ulnar nerve
Details
Fromulnar nerve
InnervatesFlexor carpi ulnaris, Flexor digitorum profundus
Identifiers
Latinrami musculares nervi ulnaris
TA98A14.2.03.041
TA26450
FMA44874 75501, 44874
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

Structure

The muscular branches of the ulnar nerve arise at the elbow. Multiple branches may supply each muscle.[1]

Variation

The branching pattern of the muscular branches of the ulnar nerve varies significantly.[1]

Function

The muscular branches of the ulnar nerve supply two flexor muscles of the anterior compartment of the forearm:

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 942 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  1. Marur, Tania; Akkin, Salih Murat; Alp, Mehmet; Demirci, Selman; Yalçin, Levent; Ogüt, Tahir; Akgün, Işik (November 2005). "The muscular branching patterns of the ulnar nerve to the flexor carpi ulnaris and flexor digitorum profundus muscles". Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy. 27 (4): 322–326. doi:10.1007/s00276-005-0325-8. ISSN 0930-1038. PMID 15977022. S2CID 22637849.
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