DEGENERATIVE REACTIONS OF MUSCLE AND NERVE. 



tion will have no noteworthy effect, as the muscle will nevertheless undergo 

 atrophy. The application of the induced current may, however, have a good 

 effect upon the paralyzed muscle by increasing the amount of blood sent to it and 



N. radialis. 



M. brachi il. intern. / 

 Al. supiiiator long. // 

 M. radial, ext. long. ' " 



M. radia\ ext bre'v 

 M. extenB. digit, communis. 



M. extens. digit, min. 

 M. extens. indicia. 



M. triceps (caput ext.) 



M. triceps 

 ) (caput long ) 

 M. deltoideus 

 , (post, lialf). 



<N. axiliaris). 



M. abduct, pollic. long. 



M. extens. pollic. brev. 

 M. extens. poll. long. v 



AI. abduct, digit, min. (N. ulnaris.) 



Mm. inteross. dorsal. I, II, III, et IV. 

 (N. ulnaris.) 



FIG. 236. Motor Points of the Radial Nerve and of the Muscles supplied by it. Dorsal aspect of the upper 



extremity (after Eichhorst). 



M. deltoideus <ant. half) N. axiliaris. 

 N. musculo-cutaneus. 

 , M. biceps brachii. 



M. abductor poIHc. brer. 

 M opponens pollicis. 

 M. flex. poll. brev. 



ictor pollic. brer. 

 Mm. lumbrica.es 

 1 et II. 



M. pronator teres. 



K. flex, digitor. cornmu 

 11. flex, carpi radialis. 



M. flex, digitor. publim. 

 M. flex dig subl. 

 (dig. ind. et min.] 

 M. flex poll, 

 longus. 

 . medi 

 anus. 



N. ulnaris. 



M. flexor carpi ulnaris. 



Mm- luinbri- 

 calesIIIetlV. 

 M. opponens digit, lain. 

 ' M. flexor digit, min. 

 M. abductor digit mia. 

 M. i almaris brv. 



N. ulnaris. 



FIG. 237. Motor Points of the Median and Ulnar Nerves, as well as of the Muscles supplied by them. Palmar 

 aspect of the upper extremity (after Eichhorst). 



reflexly influencing its metabolism. Feeble induction-currents are further cap- 

 able of reviving the irritability of enfeebled nerves. 



The constant current deserves consideration in cases of paralysis not only as 



