The superficial branch of the radial nerve is a sensory nerve. It’s not very deep, so it’s easily compressed by anything that puts pressure on your forearm.

The superficial branch of the radial nerve divides into terminal branches at the wrist and provides sensation to the dorsal surface of the wrist, the radial styloid, and the anatomical snuffbox.

6. The superficial branch of the ulnar nerve (long arrow) and the deep branch (short arrow) are visualized following their bifurcation at the proximal (left) aspect of the incision.

It is therefore an important motor nerve supplying muscles including the triceps, brachioradialis, extensor carpi radialis, supinator, extensor carpi ulnaris and extensor digitorum. The radial nerve ...

The posterior interosseus nerve was identified to exit the superficial part of the supinator muscle an average distance of 7.4±0.4 cm distal to the proximal radial aspect of the radial head.

A team of researchers from China considers a pseudoaneurysm with median nerve injury caused by right radial artery puncture.