Like the other thenar muscles, the opponens pollicis is innervated by the recurrent branch of the median nerve.

The abductor pollicis brevis is innervated by the recurrent branch of the median nerve.

The recurrent branches pass anteriorly to (in front of) the vessel, then wrap under and behind the vessel.

Recurrent branch to muscles of the thenar compartment (the recurrent branch is also called "the million dollar nerve").

It also supplies the muscles of the thenar eminence by a recurrent thenar branch.

The artery then continues on to anastamose with the recurrent radial branch of the brachial artery, providing a diffuse blood supply for the elbow joint.

The muscles in this location are usually innervated by the recurrent branch of the median nerve.

The flexor pollicis brevis is mostly innervated by the recurrent branch of the median nerve (C8, T1).

The lateral cricoarytenoid muscles receive innervation from the recurrent laryngeal branch of the vagus nerve (CN X).

Lateral to the foramen ovale is the foramen spinosum, for the passage of the middle meningeal vessels, and a recurrent branch from the mandibular nerve.