- Muscular branches of the radial nerve
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Nerve: Muscular branches of the radial nerve The suprascapular, axillary, and radial nerves. Superficial palmar nerves. Latin rami musculares nervi radialis Gray's subject #210 943 Innervates posterior compartment of the arm, mobile wad From radial nerve The muscular branches of the radial nerve supply the Triceps brachii, Anconæus, Brachioradialis, Extensor carpi radialis longus, and Brachialis, and are grouped as medial, posterior, and lateral.
Medial
The medial muscular branches supply the medial head of the Triceps brachii.
That to the medial head is a long, slender filament, which lies close to the ulnar nerve as far as the lower third of the arm, and is therefore frequently spoken of as the ulnar collateral nerve.
Posterior
The posterior muscular branch, of large size, arises from the nerve in the groove between the Triceps brachii and the humerus.
It divides into filaments, which supply the medial and lateral heads of the Triceps brachii and the Anconæus muscles.
The branch for the latter muscle is a long, slender filament, which descends in the substance of the medial head of the Triceps brachii.
Lateral
The lateral muscular branches supply the Brachioradialis, Extensor carpi radialis longus, and the lateral part of the Brachialis.
This article was originally based on an entry from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy. As such, some of the information contained within it may be outdated.
Nerves of upper limbs (primarily): the brachial plexus (C5–T1) (TA A14.2.03, GA 9.930) Supraclavicular Infraclavicular cutaneous: medial cutaneous of forearm · medial cutaneous of arm
ulnar: muscular · palmar · dorsal (dorsal digital nerves) · superficial (common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) · deep
median/medial root: see abovesubscapular (upper, lower) · thoracodorsal
axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm)
radial: muscular · cutaneous (posterior of arm, inferior lateral of arm, posterior of forearm) · superficial (dorsal digital nerves) · deep (posterior interosseous)Other Categories:- Neuroscience stubs
- Nerves of the upper limb
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