. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 706 THE NEEVOUS SYSTEM. muuicates with a similar branch of the ulnar nerve. This branch is not always present. . Branches in the Hand.—In the hand the median nerve gives oh its terminal branches. These are muscular and cutaneous. The main muscular branch arises just distal to the transverse carpal ligament and passes to the base of the thenar eminence; entering the ball of the thumb super- ficially on the medial side, it supplies branches to the abductor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and the flexor pollicis brevis. Radial (R. Superficialis) £
. Cunningham's Text-book of anatomy. Anatomy. 706 THE NEEVOUS SYSTEM. muuicates with a similar branch of the ulnar nerve. This branch is not always present. . Branches in the Hand.—In the hand the median nerve gives oh its terminal branches. These are muscular and cutaneous. The main muscular branch arises just distal to the transverse carpal ligament and passes to the base of the thenar eminence; entering the ball of the thumb super- ficially on the medial side, it supplies branches to the abductor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and the flexor pollicis brevis. Radial (R. Superficialis) £ .. ("Medial < cutaneous [OF ARM flNTERCOSTO- \brachial Musculo- "I _ CUTANEOUS) J Medial \ cutaneous ^of forearm Volar br. (median) Volar br. (Ulnar) Ulnar. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909; Robinson, Arthur, b. 1862, ed. New York, W. Wood
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