Anatom3DMuscular branches of median nerve
Rami musculares nervi mediani · Svalové větve středního nervu
Nervous system
Looks like
Branches of the median nerve entering the forearm flexor muscles near the elbow and the thumb-base muscles in the hand.
What it does
Bend the wrist and fingers, turn the palm down and move the thumb across the palm.
Keeping it well
Carpal tunnel compression weakens and wastes the thumb-base muscles; see a doctor before wasting appears.
Related conditions
- Amyloidosis (AL and ATTR)
- Botulism
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Chickenpox (varicella)
- Chronic neuropathic pain
- Chronic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Guillain-Barré syndrome
- Lyme disease
- Myasthenia gravis
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Rabies
- Restless legs syndrome
- Shingles (herpes zoster)
- Tetanus
- Vitamin B1, C and other deficiencies