Nerve supply to flexor digitorum profundus muscle; volar interosseous artery and nerve
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Volar aspect of forearm
Nerve supply to flexor digitorum profundus muscle; volar interosseous artery and nerve
The flexor pollicis longus muscle has been retracted laterally to reveal the muscular branches of the interosseous nerve which supply the medial part of the muscle. Nerves to the flexor digitorum profundus have been exposed, particularly to that part of the muscle which inserts on the index finger.
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Anterior interosseous nerve
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Anterior interosseous artery
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Anastomotic loop between two muscular branches of anterior interosseous nerve