Ramificação e distribuição do nervo mediano de javalis (sus sus scrofa)

This work investigates, by dissection, the branching and distribution of the median nerve in limbs and forelimbs of 17 male and female wild boars (Sus sus scrofa). The studied parts were fixed in 10% formaldehyde aqueous solution, with a minimum 24-hour interval for the dissection. In all animals, the median nerve branched into the muscles: flexor carpi radialis (four branches), flexor digitorum superficialis (four branches) and the humeral heads of the flexor digitorum profundus (five branches), and in 88.24% of the animals it branched also into the pronator teres muscle (two branches). The average number of branches into the right and left antimeres was not significantly different.