Unit 2 - Upper Limb: Median Nerve (C6-T1) (Ex. II)

Question 1

motor branches –> muscular branches from A antebrachial interosseous n.

Answer 1

pronator quadratus
flexor pollicis longus
flexor digitorum profundus (radial 1/2)

Question 2

motor branches –> thenar muscular branch

Answer 2

abductor pollicis brevis
flexor pollicis brevis (superficial head)
opponens pollicis

Question 3

motor branches –> muscular branches from common palmar digital nn.

Answer 3

1st and 2nd lumbricals

Question 4

sensory branches

Answer 4

articular branches –> capsules of elbow and wrist joints
palmar branch of median n. (thenar eminence)
communicating branch to ulnar n.
common palmar digital nn.
proper palmar digital nn.

Question 5

motor branches –> direct muscular branches

Answer 5

pronator teres
flexor carpi radialis
palmaris longus
flexor digitorum superficialis