Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus III: Nervous System
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
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1: Usual branching of the median nerve.
2: Thenar branch leaving the median nerve within the carpal tunnel
(subligamentous).
3: Transligamentous course of thenar branch.
4: Thenar branch leaving median nerve at its ulnar aspect.
5: Thenar branch crosses over the top of the transverse carpal
ligament.
6: Doubled thenar motor branch.
7: High division of the median nerve with a persistent median artery
between the two parts.
8: High division of the median nerve with a thinner ulnar part.
9: High division of the median nerve with a thicker ulnar part.
Redrawn from Lanz, U. Anatomical variations of the median nerve in the carpal tunnel. J. Hand Surg. 2:44-53, 1977.
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