Dorsal branch of ulnar nerve

Dorsal branch of ulnar nerve
	Nerves of the left upper extremity. (Dorsal branch labeled at bottom left.)
Details
From	ulnar nerve
Identifiers
Latin	ramus dorsalis nervi ulnaris
TA	A14.2.03.042
FMA	292828
	Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy

The dorsal branch of ulnar nerve arises about 5 cm. proximal to the wrist; it passes backward beneath the Flexor carpi ulnaris, perforates the deep fascia, and, running along the ulnar side of the back of the wrist and hand, divides into two dorsal digital branches; one supplies the ulnar side of the little finger; the other, the adjacent sides of the little and ring fingers.

It also sends a twig to join that given by the superficial branch of the radial nerve for the adjoining sides of the middle and ring fingers, and assists in supplying them.

A branch is distributed to the metacarpal region of the hand, communicating with a twig of the superficial branch of the radial nerve.

Additional images

Cutaneous nerves of right upper extremity.
Diagram of segmental distribution of the cutaneous nerves of the right upper extremity.

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References

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

External links

Hand kinesiology at the University of Kansas Medical Center - dorsal at right
lesson5nervesofpostforearm at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)
lesson5nervesofhand at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University)

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