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Nerves

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

342 nerves
342 nerves · alternate versions listed on each card
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…
Nerve Nasociliary Nerve nervus nasociliaris Head & Skull The nasociliary nerve is a branch of the ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (V1), entering…
Nerve Nasopalatine Nerve nervus nasopalatinus Head & Skull The nasopalatine nerve is a branch of the maxillary nerve (V2) from the pterygopalatine ganglion. It…
Nerve Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal (Vidian Nerve) nervus canalis pterygoidei Head & Skull The nerve of the pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve) is formed by the union of the greater…
Nerve Nerve to Adductor Brevis nervus musculi adductoris brevis Thigh The obturator nerve typically divides into anterior and posterior branches in the obturator canal, with the…
Nerve Nerve to Anconeus nervus musculi anconei Forearm The nerve to the anconeus is a branch of the radial nerve arising in the radial…
Nerve Nerve to Articularis Cubiti nervus musculi articularis cubiti Upper Arm A small branch of the radial nerve or its branch to the medial head of triceps…
Nerve Nerve to Articularis Genu nervus musculi articularis genu Knee A branch of the femoral nerve supplying the articularis genu muscle, which pulls the suprapatellar pouch…
Nerve Nerve to Brachialis nervus musculi brachialis Upper Arm The brachialis receives dual innervation from the musculocutaneous nerve (C5, C6) to the medial two-thirds and…
Nerve Nerve to Brachioradialis nervus musculi brachioradialis Forearm The brachioradialis receives its motor supply from the radial nerve before it divides into superficial and…
Nerve Nerve to Coracobrachialis nervus musculi coracobrachialis Shoulder The nerve to coracobrachialis is the most proximal branch of the musculocutaneous nerve, arising before it…
Nerve Nerve to Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis ramus ad musculum extensorem carpi radialis brevem Forearm The nerve to ECRB arises from the radial nerve or its superficial branch at or just…
Nerve Nerve to Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus nervus musculi extensoris carpi radialis longi Forearm A branch of the radial nerve arising just above or at the lateral epicondyle, before or…
Nerve Nerve to Extensor Carpi Ulnaris nervus musculi extensoris carpi ulnaris Forearm A motor branch of the posterior interosseous nerve supplying the extensor carpi ulnaris, arising as one…
Nerve Nerve to Extensor Digitorum Brevis nervus musculi extensoris digitorum brevis Foot & Ankle A terminal motor branch of the deep peroneal nerve supplying the extensor digitorum brevis and extensor…
Nerve Nerve to Extensor Hallucis Longus nervus musculi extensoris hallucis longi Lower Leg A motor branch of the deep peroneal nerve supplying the extensor hallucis longus, arising in the…
Nerve Nerve to Flexor Digitorum Brevis nervus musculi flexoris digitorum brevis Foot & Ankle A branch of the medial plantar nerve supplying the flexor digitorum brevis muscle on the plantar…
Nerve Nerve to Flexor Digitorum Superficialis rami musculares ad musculum flexorem digitorum superficialem Forearm Motor branches of the median nerve supplying flexor digitorum superficialis, arising in the proximal forearm just…
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