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Posterior interosseous nerve
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| Nerve: Posterior interosseous nerve | ||
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| The Supinator. (Dorsal interosseous nerve labeled at right.) | ||
| Latin | nervus interosseus antebrachii posterior | |
| Gray's | subject #210 944 | |
| Innervates | Extensor carpi radialis brevis
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| From | deep branch of the radial nerve | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | n_05/12565987 | |
The posterior interosseous nerve (or dorsal interosseous nerve) is a nerve in the foream. It is the continuation of the deep branch of the radial nerve, after this has crossed the supinator muscle. It is considerably diminished in size compared to the deep branch of the radial nerve. The nerve fibers originate from cervical segments C7 and C8.
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It descends on the interosseous membrane, in front of the Extensor pollicis longus, to the back of the carpus, where it presents a gangliform enlargement from which filaments are distributed to the ligaments and articulations of the carpus.
It supplies all the muscles on the radial side and dorsal surface of the forearm, excepting the Anconæus, Brachioradialis, and Extensor carpi radialis longus. In other words, it supplies the following muscles:
- Extensor carpi radialis brevis
- Extensor digitorum
- Extensor digiti minimi
- extensor carpi ulnaris
- Supinator muscle
- Abductor pollicis longus
- Extensor pollicis brevis
- Extensor pollicis longus
- Extensor indicis
- posterior+interosseous+nerve at eMedicine Dictionary
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| Supraclavicular | dorsal scapular • suprascapular • to the subclavius • long thoracic |
| Infraclavicular: lateral cord | musculocutaneous (lateral cutaneous of forearm) • lateral pectoral • lateral head of median (anterior interosseous, palmar, common palmar digital, proper palmar digital) |
| Infraclavicular: medial cord | medial pectoral • medial cutaneous of forearm • medial cutaneous of arm • ulnar (muscular branches, dorsal branch, palmar branch, superficial branch, deep branch) • medial head of median |
| Infraclavicular: posterior cord | subscapular (upper, lower) • thoracodorsal • axillary (superior lateral cutaneous of arm) • radial (muscular, inferior lateral cutaneous of arm, posterior cutaneous of arm, posterior cutaneous of forearm, superficial branch, deep branch, posterior interosseous) |
| Other | cutaneous innervation of the upper limbs |