Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve

Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve
Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve
	Superficial palmar nerves.
	Deep palmar nerves.
Details
From	Common palmar digital nerves of median nerve
Identifiers
Latin	nervi digitales palmares proprii nervi mediani
TA98	A14.2.03.039
TA2	6466
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy [edit on Wikidata]

In the palm of the

transverse carpal ligament the median nerve

The lateral portion supplies a short, stout branch to certain of the muscles of the ball of the

opponens pollicis, and the superficial head of the flexor brevis

while the third gives a twig to the first lumbricalis and is distributed to the radial side of the index finger.

It also divides into two common palmar digital nerves:

The first of these divides into two proper digital nerves for the adjoining sides of the index and middle fingers;
the second common palmar digital nerve splits into two proper digital nerves for the adjoining sides of the third and fourth digits.

Each proper digital nerve, opposite the base of the first phalanx, gives off a dorsal branch which joins the

superficial branch of the radial nerve, and supplies the integument

At the end of the digit, the proper digital nerve divides into two branches,

The proper digital nerves, as they run along the fingers, are placed superficial to the corresponding arteries.

Additional images

The palmar aponeurosis.
Cutaneous nerves of right upper extremity.
Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity.
Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve