ramus posterior
1ramus posterior nervi spinalis — [TA] posterior branch of spinal nerve: the posterior and usually smaller of the two branches into which each spinal nerve divides almost as soon as it emerges from the intervertebral foramen; the posterior branches supply the skin, muscles,… …
2ramus posterior arteriae pancreaticoduodenalis inferioris — [TA] posterior branch of inferior pancreaticoduodenal artery: a branch that ascends behind the head of the pancreas, which it sometimes pierces, and anastomoses with the posterior superior pancreaticoduodenal artery; it supplies the head of the… …
3ramus posterior arteriae renalis — [TA] posterior branch of renal artery: a branch supplying the posterior segment of the kidney …
4ramus posterior ductus hepatici dextri — [TA] the posterior branch of the right hepatic duct, draining posterior segments of the right liver …
5ramus posterior arteriae obturatoriae — [TA] posterior branch of obturator artery: a branch passing backward around the lateral margin of the obturator foramen, on the obturator membrane, supplying muscles around the ischial tuberosity and giving off an acetabular branch …
6ramus posterior arteriae recurrentis ulnaris — [TA] posterior branch of ulnar recurrent artery: a branch running to the back of the medial epicondyle, supplying the elbow joint and neighboring muscles …
7ramus posterior nervi auricularis magni — [TA] posterior branch of great auricular nerve: a branch, formed by division of the great auricular nerve, that innervates the skin over the mastoid process and the back of the external ear; modality, general sensory …
8ramus posterior nervi coccygei — [TA] posterior branch of coccygeal nerve: a branch of the last spinal nerve, helping to innervate the skin over the coccyx. Called also r. dorsalis nervi coccygei [TA alternative] …
9ramus posterior nervi cutanei antebrachii medialis — [TA] posterior branch of medial antebrachial cutaneous nerve: a branch that innervates the skin of the posteromedial and medial aspects of the forearm; modality, general sensory …
10ramus posterior nervi obturatorii — [TA] posterior branch of obturator nerve: a branch that descends to innervate the knee joint, giving muscular branches to the obturator externus, adductor magnus, and sometimes the adductor brevis muscle; modality, general sensory and motor …
