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Which nerve is injured when a patient has dificulty using the pincher grasp?
The median nerve is typically associated with the pincher grasp. Injury to this nerve, such as carpal tunnel syndrome, can result in difficulty using the pincher grasp, which involves using the thumb and index finger to pick up objects.
What is the function of fingertips?
Our finger tips are loaded with nerve cells that detect hot and cold, texture and pain. The ridges on the tips also help us to hold on the things.
How does the nerve impulse cross the space between two adjacent neurons?
Flash! - The impulse is a jump of electricity from one neuron to the next via the dendrites. It happens in a millisecond of time so we are not even aware of it. Touch an ice cube with your finger; the signal goes from the finger to the brain and back that we get the immediate sense that the ice cube is cold.
What nerve stimulates the diaphragm?
ulna
How many nerve endings are in your skin that detect pain?
How many nerve endings are in a finger 2500/cm^2. That's more than any other area of our body.http://wiki.answers.com/How_many_nerve_endings_are_in_a_finger#ixzz18t7zU4sw
What is ruffini's corpuscle?
the nerve ending on your finger
Can you get nerve damage in your finger from throwing a baseball?
I suffered finger numbness after pitching, was the ulna nerve, (funny bone), surgical fix at the elbow.. Can still throw.
What is the innervation of the forearm extensors?
The median nerve, supplies the lateral half of the arm, up to 1/2 of the fourth(ring) finger, while the ulnar nerve supplies the medial side of the arm, up to the pinky finger and the other 1/2 of the ring finger
Where is nerve tissue found?
Nerve tissues are found in the brain, or anywhere nerves are (arm, leg, finger, etc.)
You hit your finger with a hammer and finger goes numb why is it numb- at least for short period of time?
Probably due to damage of the nerve cells in your finger.
Why is my left little finger moving on its own?
you may have a damaged nerve
What nerve runs down the center of the arm to the middle finger?
arteries
What nerve is involved with carpal tunnel syndrome?
The median nerve, this nerve supplies feeling and movement to the thumb and "thumb-side" of the hand.
What pathway is used to innervate the pinky finger?
From the brain to the spinal cord through the brachial plexus to the ulnar nerve to the pinky finger.
Where does the ulnar nerve start and end?
The ulnar nerve runs along the ulna bone in the arm. It starts at the shoulder and ends at the pinky finger.
What is causing your index finger to twitch?
Maybe a nerve was pinched. Just stretch it out and rub it.
Why don't you feel pain or bleed when a splinter is removed from the finger?
because there is no nerve activity
