Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.
In the palm of the hand the median nerve is covered by the skin and the palmar aponeurosis and rests on the tendons of the Flexor muscles. Immediately after emerging from under the transverse carpal ligament the median nerve becomes enlarged and flattened and splits into a smaller lateral and a larger medial portion. The medial portion of the nerve divides into two Common palmar digital nerves (common volar digital nerves).
