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Body Atlas, Nerve Reference

Nerves

Nerve reference, root levels, course, motor and sensory distribution, entrapment sites, and neuropathies.

342 nerves
27 nerves starting with M  Clear × · alternate versions listed on each card
Nerve Mandibular Nerve nervus mandibularis (CN V3) Head & Skull The mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve is the largest and most complex, being the only…
Nerve Marginal Mandibular Nerve ramus marginalis mandibulae nervi facialis Head & Skull The marginal mandibular nerve is a branch of the facial nerve (CN VII) arising from the…
Nerve Maxillary Nerve nervus maxillaris (CN V2) Head & Skull The maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve supplies sensation to the midface from the lower eyelid…
Nerve Medial Cord of the Brachial Plexus fasciculus medialis plexus brachialis Shoulder The medial cord is the continuation of the anterior division of the inferior trunk (C8-T1) and…
Nerve Medial Cutaneous Nerve of the Arm nervus cutaneus brachii medialis Upper Arm The medial cutaneous nerve of the arm (C8-T1) is the smallest branch of the medial cord… Also: Detail
Nerve Medial Cutaneous Nerve of the Forearm nervus cutaneus antebrachii medialis Forearm Arising from the medial cord of the brachial plexus (C8-T1), the medial cutaneous nerve of the…
Nerve Medial Dorsal Cutaneous Nerve nervus cutaneus dorsalis medialis Foot & Ankle The medial dorsal cutaneous nerve is the medial terminal branch of the superficial fibular (peroneal) nerve.…
Nerve Medial Femoral Cutaneous Nerve nervus cutaneus femoris medialis Thigh The medial femoral cutaneous nerve is a branch of the femoral nerve arising in the femoral…
Nerve Medial Pectoral Nerve nervus pectoralis medialis Chest The medial pectoral nerve, despite its name, supplies both pectoral muscles by first passing through or…
Nerve Medial Plantar Nerve nervus plantaris medialis Foot & Ankle The medial plantar nerve is the larger of the two plantar nerves, analogous to the median… Also: Full overview
Nerve Medial Sural Cutaneous Nerve nervus cutaneus surae medialis Lower Leg The medial sural cutaneous nerve is a branch of the tibial nerve arising in the popliteal…
Nerve Median Common Digital Nerve to Index-Middle Web Space nervus digitalis communis medianus ad spatium II-III Hand & Wrist The median nerve recurrent branch and common palmar digital branches divide to supply the thenar muscles…
Nerve Median Nerve nervus medianus Forearm The median nerve (C6-T1) is formed from the medial and lateral cords of the brachial plexus,…
Nerve Median Nerve Branch to Flexor Carpi Radialis ramus nervi mediani ad musculum flexorem carpi radialem Forearm The motor branch of the median nerve to flexor carpi radialis arises in the proximal forearm,…
Nerve Median Nerve Branch to Pronator Teres ramus nervi mediani ad musculum pronatorem teretum Forearm The motor branch of the median nerve to pronator teres is the first muscular branch given…
Nerve Meissner’s Submucosal Plexus plexus submucosus (Meissner) Abdomen Meissner's plexus (submucosal plexus) is one of two major components of the enteric nervous system (alongside…
Nerve Meningeal Branch of Mandibular Nerve ramus meningeus nervi mandibularis Head & Skull The meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve, also called the nervus spinosus, leaves V3 just below…
Nerve Mental Nerve nervus mentalis Head & Skull The mental nerve is the terminal sensory branch of the inferior alveolar nerve, exiting through the…
Nerve Middle Cervical Ganglion ganglion cervicale medium Neck The middle cervical ganglion is the smallest of the three cervical sympathetic ganglia and is sometimes…
Nerve Middle Cluneal Nerves nervi clunium medii Pelvis & Hip The middle cluneal nerves are the posterior primary rami of S1-S3 that exit through the posterior…
Nerve Middle Superior Alveolar Nerve nervus alveolaris superior medius Head & Skull The middle superior alveolar nerve is an inconstant branch of the infraorbital nerve (V2) present in…
Nerve Middle Trunk of the Brachial Plexus truncus medius plexus brachialis Neck The middle trunk is simply the continuation of the C7 root, the only root that does…
Nerve Musculocutaneous Nerve nervus musculocutaneus Upper Arm The musculocutaneous nerve supplies the three muscles of the anterior upper arm and continues as the… Also: Full overview
Nerve Myenteric Plexus plexus myentericus Auerbachi Abdomen The myenteric plexus (Auerbach plexus) is one of the two main components of the enteric nervous…

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