Anatom3DCommon palmar digital branches of median nerve
Nervi digitales palmares communes nervi mediani · Společné dlaňové prstové větve středního nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
Branches of the median nerve fanning out in the palm under the palmar fascia toward the fingers.
What it does
Carry feeling to the thumb, index, middle and half of the ring finger, and move the first two lumbricals.
Keeping it well
Carpal tunnel syndrome shows as tingling in these fingers, worse at night; early treatment prevents damage.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- De Quervain's tenosynovitis
- Dupuytren's contracture & trigger finger
- Fibromyalgia
- Ganglion cyst
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Rabies
- Raynaud's phenomenon
- Repetitive strain & overuse injury
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies