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plan of the cervical and brachial plexuses.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sobo_1909_611.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sobo_1909_611.png/250px-Sobo_1909_611.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="429" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sobo_1909_611.png/375px-Sobo_1909_611.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Sobo_1909_611.png/500px-Sobo_1909_611.png 2x" data-file-width="579" data-file-height="993" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The spinal cord with spinal nerves.</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Details</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Identifiers</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>nervi spinalis</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Foundational_Model_of_Anatomy" title="Foundational Model of Anatomy">FMA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/FMA/?p=classes&conceptid=http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fsig%2Font%2Ffma%2Ffma6449">6449</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><a href="/wiki/Anatomical_terminology" title="Anatomical terminology">Anatomical terminology</a><div style="text-align: right;"><small class="noprint">[<a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5065357" class="extiw" title="d:Q5065357">edit on Wikidata</a>]</small></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>cervical spinal nerve 8</b> (C8) is a <a href="/wiki/Spinal_nerve" title="Spinal nerve">spinal nerve</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Cervical_segment" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervical segment">cervical segment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It originates from the spinal column from below the <a href="/wiki/Cervical_vertebra_7" class="mw-redirect" title="Cervical vertebra 7">cervical vertebra 7</a> (C7).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Innervation">Innervation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Innervation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The C8 nerve forms part of the <a href="/wiki/Radial_nerve" title="Radial nerve">radial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ulnar_nerve" title="Ulnar nerve">ulnar nerves</a> via the <a href="/wiki/Brachial_plexus" title="Brachial plexus">brachial plexus</a>, and therefore has motor and sensory function in the <a href="/wiki/Upper_limb" title="Upper limb">upper limb</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sensory">Sensory</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Sensory"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The C8 nerve receives sensory <a href="/wiki/Afferent_nerve_fiber" title="Afferent nerve fiber">afferents</a> from the C8 <a href="/wiki/Dermatome_(anatomy)" title="Dermatome (anatomy)">dermatome</a>. This consists of all the skin on the <a href="/wiki/Little_finger" title="Little finger">little finger</a>, and continuing up slightly past the wrist on the palmar and dorsal aspects of the hand and forearm.<sup id="cite_ref-grays_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grays-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Clinically, a test of the pad of the little finger is often used to assess C8 integrity.<sup id="cite_ref-uqclinical_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uqclinical-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motor">Motor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Motor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The C8 nerve contributes to the motor innervation of many of the muscles in the trunk and upper limb. Its primary function is the flexion of the fingers, and this is used as the clinical test for C8 integrity, in conjunction with the finger jerk reflex.<sup id="cite_ref-uqclinical_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uqclinical-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The particular muscles receive innervation from C8<sup id="cite_ref-grays_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grays-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (shown by specific nerve and spinal nerve segments; muscles in italics only have a minor contribution from C8) : </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trunk">Trunk</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Trunk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pectoralis_major" title="Pectoralis major">Pectoralis major</a> - Medial and lateral pectoral nerves (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_5" title="Cervical spinal nerve 5">C5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_6" title="Cervical spinal nerve 6">C6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pectoralis_minor" title="Pectoralis minor">Pectoralis minor</a> - Medial pectoral nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_5" title="Cervical spinal nerve 5">C5</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_6" title="Cervical spinal nerve 6">C6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Latissimus_dorsi" class="mw-redirect" title="Latissimus dorsi">Latissimus dorsi</a> - <a href="/wiki/Thoracodorsal_nerve" title="Thoracodorsal nerve">Thoracodorsal nerve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_6" title="Cervical spinal nerve 6">C6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Upper_arm">Upper arm</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Upper arm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Triceps_brachii" class="mw-redirect" title="Triceps brachii">Triceps brachii</a> - <a href="/wiki/Radial_nerve" title="Radial nerve">Radial nerve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_6" title="Cervical spinal nerve 6">C6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Forearm">Forearm</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Forearm"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_carpi_ulnaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor carpi ulnaris">Flexor carpi ulnaris</a> - <a href="/wiki/Ulnar_nerve" title="Ulnar nerve">Ulnar nerve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palmaris_longus" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmaris longus">Palmaris longus</a> - <a href="/wiki/Median_nerve" title="Median nerve">Median nerve</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_superficialis" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digitorum superficialis">Flexor digitorum superficialis</a> - Median nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digitorum_profundus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digitorum profundus">Flexor digitorum profundus</a> - Median and Ulnar nerves (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flexor_pollicis_longus" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor pollicis longus">Flexor pollicis longus</a> - Median nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pronator_quadratus" class="mw-redirect" title="Pronator quadratus">Pronator quadratus</a> - Median nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_carpi_radialis_brevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor carpi radialis brevis">Extensor carpi radialis brevis</a> - Deep branch of the radial nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_digitorum" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor digitorum">Extensor digitorum</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_digiti_minimi" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor digiti minimi">Extensor digiti minimi</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_carpi_ulnaris" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor carpi ulnaris">Extensor carpi ulnaris</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Anconeus" class="mw-redirect" title="Anconeus">Anconeus</a> - Radial nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_6" title="Cervical spinal nerve 6">C6</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abductor_pollicis_longus" class="mw-redirect" title="Abductor pollicis longus">Abductor pollicis longus</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_pollicis_brevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor pollicis brevis">Extensor pollicis brevis</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_pollicis_longus" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor pollicis longus">Extensor pollicis longus</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Extensor_indicis" class="mw-redirect" title="Extensor indicis">Extensor indicis</a> - Posterior interosseous nerve (<a href="/wiki/Cervical_spinal_nerve_7" title="Cervical spinal nerve 7">C7</a>, C8)</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Hand">Hand</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cervical_spinal_nerve_8&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hand"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Palmaris_brevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmaris brevis">Palmaris brevis</a> - Superficial branch of ulnar nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dorsal_interossei_muscles_(hand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dorsal interossei muscles (hand)">Dorsal interossei</a> - Deep branch of ulnar nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Palmar_interossei" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmar interossei">Palmar interossei</a> - Deep branch of ulnar nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adductor_pollicis" class="mw-redirect" title="Adductor pollicis">Adductor pollicis</a> - Deep branch of ulnar nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lumbrical_muscle_(hand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lumbrical muscle (hand)">Lumbricals</a> - Deep branch of ulnar nerve, Digital branches of median nerve</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Opponens_pollicis" class="mw-redirect" title="Opponens pollicis">Opponens pollicis</a> - Recurrent branch of median nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abductor_pollicis_brevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Abductor pollicis brevis">Abductor pollicis brevis</a> - Recurrent branch of median nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flexor_pollicis_brevis" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor pollicis brevis">Flexor pollicis brevis</a> - Recurrent branch of median nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Opponens_digiti_minimi" class="mw-redirect" title="Opponens digiti minimi">Opponens digiti minimi</a> - Deep branch of ulnar nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abductor_digiti_minimi_muscle_of_hand" class="mw-redirect" title="Abductor digiti minimi muscle of hand">Abductor digiti minimi</a> - Deep branch of ulnar nerve (C8, <a href="/wiki/Thoracic_spinal_nerve_1" title="Thoracic spinal nerve 1">T1</a>)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Flexor_digiti_minimi_brevis_(hand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flexor digiti minimi brevis 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