Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Surgical Anatomy

Surgical Anatomy Abstract Axiom. The level at which motor (and sensory) branches leave a nerve is very variable; but the side from which they leave is constant—naturally, they leave from the side nearest the muscles to which they are distributed. Certain nerves have sides of safety and sides of danger; sides on which it is safe to dissect and sides on which it is dangerous. The median and radial nerves at the elbow exemplify this rule. The median nerve supplies flexors, therefore, its branches pass medially; the radial nerve supplies extensors, therefore, its branches pass laterally. It is, therefore, safe, or relatively safe, to dissect on the lateral side of the median nerve and on the medial side of the radial nerve. References 1. Grant JCB. A Method of Anatomy: Descriptive and Deductive . 5th ed. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins Co; 1952:124-125. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Surgery American Medical Association

Surgical Anatomy

Archives of Surgery , Volume 131 (3) – Mar 1, 1996

Surgical Anatomy

Abstract

Abstract Axiom. The level at which motor (and sensory) branches leave a nerve is very variable; but the side from which they leave is constant—naturally, they leave from the side nearest the muscles to which they are distributed. Certain nerves have sides of safety and sides of danger; sides on which it is safe to dissect and sides on which it is dangerous. The median and radial nerves at the elbow exemplify this rule. The median nerve supplies flexors, therefore, its branches pass...
Loading next page...
 
/lp/american-medical-association/surgical-anatomy-0jV7U1GUbn

References (1)

Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1996 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0004-0010
eISSN
1538-3644
DOI
10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430150049009
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Abstract Axiom. The level at which motor (and sensory) branches leave a nerve is very variable; but the side from which they leave is constant—naturally, they leave from the side nearest the muscles to which they are distributed. Certain nerves have sides of safety and sides of danger; sides on which it is safe to dissect and sides on which it is dangerous. The median and radial nerves at the elbow exemplify this rule. The median nerve supplies flexors, therefore, its branches pass medially; the radial nerve supplies extensors, therefore, its branches pass laterally. It is, therefore, safe, or relatively safe, to dissect on the lateral side of the median nerve and on the medial side of the radial nerve. References 1. Grant JCB. A Method of Anatomy: Descriptive and Deductive . 5th ed. Baltimore, Md: Williams & Wilkins Co; 1952:124-125.

Journal

Archives of SurgeryAmerican Medical Association

Published: Mar 1, 1996

There are no references for this article.