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The radial nerve is a nerve in the human body that supplies the posterior portion of the upper limb.It innervates the medial and lateral heads of the triceps brachii muscle of the arm, as well as all 12 muscles in the posterior osteofascial compartment of the forearm and the associated joints and overlying skin.
The radial nerve divides into a superficial (sensory) and deep (motor) branch at the cubital fossa. The deep branch of the radial nerve winds to the back of the forearm around the lateral side of the radius between the two planes of fibers of the supinator, and is prolonged downward between the superficial and deep layers of muscles, to the middle of the forearm.
The muscles of the posterior compartment of the forearm are innervated by the radial nerve and its branches. [3] The radial nerve arises from the posterior cord of the plexus. The somatomotor fibers of the radial nerve branch from the main radial nerve at the level of the radial groove of the humerus.
The medial muscular branches supply the medial head of the triceps brachii.. That to the medial head is a long, slender filament, which lies close to the ulnar nerve as far as the lower third of the arm, and is therefore frequently spoken of as the ulnar collateral nerve.
Origin: Lateral supracondylar ridge of the humerus and the orbicular ligament of the radius: Insertion: Distal radius (radial styloid process) Artery: Radial recurrent artery: Nerve: Radial nerve (C5-C8 & T1) Actions: Flexion of elbow, supination and pronation of the radioulnar joint to 90° Identifiers; Latin: musculus brachioradialis: TA98 ...
Origin: Humerus at the anterior of lateral epicondyle (common extensor tendon) [1] Insertion: Posterior base of the 3rd metacarpal [1] Artery: Radial artery: Nerve: Deep branch of the radial nerve: Actions: Extensor and abductor of the hand at the wrist joint [1] Antagonist: Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle: Identifiers; Latin: musculus extensor ...
The radial nerve divides into deep and sensory superficial branches just proximal to the supinator muscle—an arrangement that can lead to entrapment and compression of the deep part, potentially resulting in selective paralysis of the muscles served by this nerve (the extensor muscles and the abductor pollicis longus.) [4] Many possible ...
The radial nerve innervates the finger extensors and the thumb abductor; that is, the muscles that extend at the wrist and metacarpophalangeal joints (knuckles) and abduct and extend the thumb. The median nerve innervates the flexors of the wrist and digits, the abductors and opponens of the thumb, the first and second lumbricals. The ulnar ...