com·mon pal·mar dig·i·tal nerves

[TA]

four nerves in the palm that send branches (proper palmar digital nerves) to adjacent sides of two digits; three are branches of the median nerve, one is from the ulnar nerve.

Synonym(s): nervi digitales palmares communes [TA]

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It is described how to the neural connection between the common palmar digital nerves which originate in the median and ulnar nerves (Fig.

Communicating Branches Between the Median and Ulnar Nerves. Proposal for Inclusion in Terminologia Anatomica/Ramos Comunicantes entre los Nervios Mediano y Ulnar. Propuesta de Inclusion en Terminologia Anatomica

(6) The superficial ulnar nerve supplies sensation over the hypothenar eminence and through two common palmar digital nerves over the palmar aspect of the fifth finger and the adjacent sides of the fourth and fifth fingers.

Guyon canal syndrome: lack of management in a case of unresolved handlebar palsy

It enters the palm through the carpal tunnel, gives off the recurrent motor branch to the thenar muscles, and terminates by dividing into three common palmar digital nerves, which then divide into the palmar digital branches.

Microsurgical management of acute traumatic injuries of the hand and fingers

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