27 - flexor retinaculum mcqs

1q: a 16 years old girl failed in her final examination. Disgusted with life, she cut across the front of the wrist at the flexor retinaculum, she was rushed to hospital . the surgeon noticed that cut was superficial . all the following structures would have been damaged except ?a. ulnar nerveb. median nervec. palmar cutaneous branch of median nerved. superficial branch of radial artery answer

26 - ulnar nerve anatomy part 2

MUSCULAR BRANCHES AND INNERVATION : the ulnar nerve and its branches innervate the following muscles in the forearm and hand: An articular branch that passes to the elbow joint while the ulnar nerve is passing between the olecranon and medial epicondyle of the humerus. In the forearm, via the muscular branches of ulnar nerve: 1. Flexor carpi ulnaris 2. Flexor digitorum profundus (medial

25 - ulnar nerve anatomy part 1

INTRODUCTION: In human anatomy, the ulnar nerve is a nerve which runs near the ulna bone. The ulnar nerve is the largest unprotected nerve in the human body (meaning, unprotected by muscle or bone), and the only unprotected nerve that does not serve a purely sensory function (those nerves specifically meant to perceive changes in the environment, such as nerves in the skin). This nerve is