Anatom3DCommon palmar digital branches of ulnar nerve
Nervi digitales palmares communes nervi ulnaris · Společné dlaňové prstové větve loketního nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
A branch of the superficial ulnar nerve running in the palm toward the ring and little fingers.
What it does
Carries feeling to the facing sides of the ring and little fingers.
Keeping it well
Rarely injured alone; palm cuts can divide it.
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