Glossary Anatomy
Recurrent motor branch of the median nerve
Polski: Nawrotna gałąź ruchowa nerwu pośrodkowego Czytaj po polsku →
Also known as thenar motor branch recurrent thenar branch Lanz variants gałąź kłębowa warianty Lanza
Motor branch of the median nerve to the thenar muscles (abductor pollicis brevis, opponens pollicis, and superficial head of flexor pollicis brevis). Lanz described extraligamentous, subligamentous, and transligamentous variants. Lies radial to the median nerve at the carpal tunnel — preserved by ulnar-side entry into the tunnel.