Lane Medical Library

Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

KEYWORDS: Hand and fingers, Neuralnetwork, Peripheral nervous system, Vasculature.

Higher resolution images are available for a fee. Contact Drew Bourn, PhD, MLIS.

Volar aspect of right hand

Nerve supply to first lumbrical muscle

The palmar aponeurosis has been reflected medially. A large median artery (17) enters the volar superficial arch in this specimen.

1 .	Ligament of digital sheath I
2 .	Adductor pollicis muscle
3 .	Dorsal interosseous muscle I
4 .	Proper palmar digital artery (to index finger, replacing the anterior radial index artery usually found as a branch of the deep anterior arch)
5 .	Proper palmar digital nerve of median nerve
6 .	Lumbrical muscle I
7 .	Muscular branches of median nerve (to first lumbrical muscle)
8 .	Cutaneous twigs of median nerve
9 .	Palmar aponeurosis (reflected medially)
10 .	Proper palmar digital nerve of median nerve
11 .	Proper palmar digital nerves of ulnar nerve
12 .	Ligament of digital sheath V
13 .	Proper palmar digital nerves of median nerve
14 .	Anterior common digital artery
15 .	Flexor pollicis brevis muscle
16 .	Muscular branch of median nerve (recurrent branch)
17 .	Median artery (large)
18 .	Transverse carpal ligament
19 .	Palmaris brevis muscle
20 .	Flexor digiti minimi muscle