Definition of Cubital nerve

1. Noun. A nerve running along the inner side of the arm and passing near the elbow; supplies intrinsic muscles of the hand and the skin of the medial side of the hand.

Exact synonyms: Nervus Ulnaris, Ulnar Nerve
Generic synonyms: Nerve, Nervus
Group relationships: Arm
Specialized synonyms: Crazy Bone, Funny Bone

Medical Definition of Cubital nerve

1. A major nerve of the upper extremity. In humans, the fibres of the ulnar nerve originate in the lower cervical and upper thoracic spinal cord (usually c7 to t1), travel via the medial cord of the brachial plexus, and supply sensory and motor innervation to parts of the hand and forearm. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cubital Nerve

cubies
cubiform
cubilose
cubing
cubism
cubisms
cubist
cubistic
cubists
cubit
cubital
cubital bone
cubital fossa
cubital joint
cubital lymph nodes
cubital nerve (current term)
cubitals
cubiti
cubitiere
cubitieres
cubits
cubitus
cubitus valgus
cubitus varus
cubituses
cubless
cublike
cuboargyrite
cuboctahedra
cuboctahedral

Literary usage of Cubital nerve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1874)
"I will add, that we can obtain the same muscular contractions, though perhaps to a lesser degree, by rubbing the cubital nerve of the paralyzed side in ..."

2. Principles of surgery by Nicholas Senn (1895)
"direct method, suitable in the median and musculo-cutaneous in the arm or the median and cubital nerve in the forearm. The two longer ends are united by ..."

3. The Chicago Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1874)
"I will add, that we can obtain the same muscular со u tractions, though perhaps to a lesser degree, by rubbing the cubital nerve of the paralyzed side in ..."

4. Handbook of Zoology by Jan van der Hoeven (1856)
"Anterior wings with cubital nerve bifid. b) Wings deflected, obliquely erect above the ... cubital nerve trifid. Antennae sex-articulate, shorter than body. ..."

5. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1895)
"William Anderson ^^ writes concerning the course and relations of the deep branches of the cubital nerve. According to his researches, this nerve-branch is ..."

6. On Intelligence by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, T. D. Haye (1889)
"If the cubital nerve between the two bones of the elbow be pressed with the finger, the sensation in the fingers and forearm is not of pressure, ..."

7. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise Upon the Ligature of Arteries by Pierre Joseph Manec, John William Garlick, William Charles Copperthwaite (1832)
"The opening having been made, the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris I, the cubital nerve 6, and then the vessels are exposed to view: the artery 4 is ..."

8. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1834)
"On the dorsal aspect of the hand, the radial nerve and the dorsal branch of the cubital nerve are equally distributed over the fingers. ..."

9. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1874)
"I will add, that we can obtain the same muscular contractions, though perhaps to a lesser degree, by rubbing the cubital nerve of the paralyzed side in ..."

10. Principles of surgery by Nicholas Senn (1895)
"direct method, suitable in the median and musculo-cutaneous in the arm or the median and cubital nerve in the forearm. The two longer ends are united by ..."

11. The Chicago Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease (1874)
"I will add, that we can obtain the same muscular со u tractions, though perhaps to a lesser degree, by rubbing the cubital nerve of the paralyzed side in ..."

12. Handbook of Zoology by Jan van der Hoeven (1856)
"Anterior wings with cubital nerve bifid. b) Wings deflected, obliquely erect above the ... cubital nerve trifid. Antennae sex-articulate, shorter than body. ..."

13. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1895)
"William Anderson ^^ writes concerning the course and relations of the deep branches of the cubital nerve. According to his researches, this nerve-branch is ..."

14. On Intelligence by Hippolyte Adolphe Taine, T. D. Haye (1889)
"If the cubital nerve between the two bones of the elbow be pressed with the finger, the sensation in the fingers and forearm is not of pressure, ..."

15. A Theoretical and Practical Treatise Upon the Ligature of Arteries by Pierre Joseph Manec, John William Garlick, William Charles Copperthwaite (1832)
"The opening having been made, the tendon of the flexor carpi ulnaris I, the cubital nerve 6, and then the vessels are exposed to view: the artery 4 is ..."

16. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1834)
"On the dorsal aspect of the hand, the radial nerve and the dorsal branch of the cubital nerve are equally distributed over the fingers. ..."

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