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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Volar aspect of right hand

Nerve supply to first lumbrical muscle

Image #101-5

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

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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