The 'deep branch of the ulnar nerve', accompanied by the deep branch of the
ulnar artery, passes between the
abductor digiti minimi and the
flexor digiti minimi brevis.
It then perforates the
opponens digiti minimi and follows the course of the
deep palmar arch beneath the flexor tendons.
At its origin it supplies the
hypothenar muscles.
As it crosses the deep part of the hand, it supplies all the
interosseous muscles and the third and fourth
lumbricals.
It ends by supplying the
adductor pollicis and the medial head of the
flexor pollicis brevis.
It also sends articular filaments to the
wrist-joint.