The Radial Nerve - Course - Motor - Sensory - TeachMeAnatomy
2024年5月20日 · The radial nerve is a major peripheral nerve of the upper limb. In this article, we shall look at the applied anatomy of the nerve - its anatomical course, motor functions and cutaneous innervation. We shall also consider the clinical correlations of …
Radial nerve: origin, course and function - Kenhub
2023年4月29日 · The branches of the radial nerve provide motor supply for the posterior muscles of the arm and forearm, as well as the sensory supply of the skin of the arm, forearm and hand. Due to its length, the radial nerve is the most commonly injured nerve of the upper extremity.
Radial Nerve - Physiopedia
The radial nerve is one of the terminal branches of the posterior cord. In the axilla, it lies behind the axillary and upper brachial arteries and passes anterior to the tendons of teres minor, latissimus dorsi and subscapularis.
Radial Nerve - Anatomy, Structure, Course, Function
2024年4月12日 · The sensory branches supply the skin on the anterolateral arm, posterior forearm, distal posterior arm, and posterolateral wrist and hand regions. The radial nerve’s distribution narrows laterally from the thumb to the ring finger.
Body Anatomy: Upper Extremity Nerves | The Hand Society
In the upper arm the radial nerve wraps around the back side of the humerus bone. The nerve gives function to the triceps muscles on the back of the arm to straighten the elbow. Because the radial nerve wraps around the humerus bone, it can be stretched or torn when the humerus bone is …
What Are the Major Nerves of the Hand? - Hand and Wrist Institute
Like the median nerve, the radial nerve is formed at the brachial plexus and travels through the armpit. The radial nerve wraps around the back of the humerus bone in the upper arm, supplying the triceps muscles with nerves that allow you to bend or straighten your elbow.
Radial nerve - Wikipedia
The radial nerve divides into a deep branch, which becomes the posterior interosseous nerve, and a superficial branch, which goes on to innervate the dorsum (back) of the hand. This nerve was historically referred to as the musculospiral nerve.
Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Radial Nerve
The radial nerve's distribution diminishes lateromedially from the thumb to the ring finger. The median nerve innervates the digit pads of the lateral 3-1/2 fingers, while the ulnar nerve supplies the medial 1-1/2 digit pads.
Superficial Radial nerve - Anatomy - Orthobullets
2016年10月21日 · Originates from the radial nerve proper at the level of the radiocapitellar joint. runs distally in the forearm underneath the brachioradialis, lateral to the radial artery. it then divides into two branches: medial and lateral.
Anatomy, Shoulder and Upper Limb, Hand Cutaneous Innervation
2022年10月17日 · Three independent nerves supply the cutaneous innervation of the hand (see Image. Hand Cutaneous Innervation). From lateral to medial, these nerves include the superficial branch of the radial, median, and ulnar nerve. These peripheral nerves originate from the C5 to T1 levels of the spinal column.