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proper palmar digital nerve

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proper palmar digital nerve

noun
Any of ten palmar nerves of the digits of the hand derived from the common palmar digital nerves. Each nerve supplies a palmar quadrant of a digit and a part of the dorsal surface of the distal phalanx.

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