Medial cutaneous nerve of forearm


The medial cutaneous nerve of the forearm branches from the medial cord of the brachial plexus. It contains axons from the ventral rami of the eighth cervical and first thoracic nerves.
It gives off a branch near the axilla, which pierces the fascia and supplies the skin covering the biceps brachii, nearly as far as the elbow.
The nerve then runs down the ulnar side of the arm medial to the brachial artery, pierces the deep fascia with the basilic vein, about the middle of the arm, and divides into a volar and an ulnar branch.

Volar branch

The volar branch, the larger, passes usually in front of, but occasionally behind, the vena mediana cubiti.
It then descends on the front of the ulnar side of the forearm, distributing filaments to the skin as far as the wrist, and communicating with the palmar cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve.

Ulnar branch

The ulnar branch passes obliquely downward on the medial side of the basilic vein, in front of the medial epicondyle of the humerus, to the back of the forearm, and descends on its ulnar side as far as the wrist, distributing filaments to the skin.
It communicates with the medial brachial cutaneous, the dorsal antebrachial cutaneous branch of the radial, and the dorsal branch of the ulnar.

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