Ulnar nerve

Tags: Anatomical Structure, Nerve.

In human anatomy the ulnar nerve is a nerve which runs near the ulna bone. The ulnar collateral ligament of elbow joint is in relation with the ulnar nerve. The nerve is the largest unprotected nerve in the human body (meaning unprotected by muscle or bone) so injury is common.

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branch from

Cervical spinal nerve 8, Medial cord

Dorlands prefix

n_05

Dorlands suffix

12566994

Gray page

939

Gray subject

210

innervates

Flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, Adductor pollicis muscle, Interossei, Opponens digiti minimi muscle, Flexor digitorum profundus muscle, Lumbricals of the hand, Flexor digiti minimi brevis muscle (hand), Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand

MeSH name

Ulnar+nerve

MeSH number

A08.800.800.720.050.850