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What is the nerve that runs up the side of your pinky finger up side of hand?
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Ulnar: The ulnar nerve provides sensation over the ring finger, and little finger and half of the middle finger. Motoric function allows our ability to spread fingers apart.
Answered 10/25/2012
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Ulnar nerve: The ulnar nerve ends in the little finger and half of the ring. It gives snesation to the ulnar or little finger side of the hand and the back of the wrist on the same side. The ulnar neve supplies most muscles in your hand except the 2 1/2 of the the thumb palmar muscles and two small lumbrical muscles to the index and ring. It supplies the flexor tendons the the little, ring, & 1 wrist flexor.
Answered 10/2/2015
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