Recurrent branch of the median nerve

The recurrent branch of the median nerve is the branch of the median nerve which supplies the thenar muscles. It is also occasionally referred to as the thenar branch of the median nerve, or the thenar muscular branch of the median nerve.

Recurrent branch of the median nerve
Superficial palmar nerves. (Recurrent branch labeled at center left as "Muscular to abductor, opponens, and flexor brevis pollicis.")
Details
Frommedian nerve
Identifiers
Latinramus recurrens nervi mediani
Anatomical terms of neuroanatomy
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