10/10 Hand - Brauer (Completed) Flashcards
What does the palmar longus m. Insert into?
Palmar aponeurosis
What is Dupuytren’s Contracture? 5
Thickening of fibrous tissue underneath skin of palm
Correlated w/ alcohol, aging, diabetes
How is opposition of the hand performed? 7
Touching the thumb to the pinkie finger
Which tendons are covered by synovial sheaths within the hand?
Flexor digitorum superficialis m.
Flexor digitorum profundus m.
What is the 5th digital synovial sheath of the hand continuous with? 8
The Ulnar bursa
What are the intrinsic muscles of the hand? 9
Hey There Lady Palms Down
Hypothenar muscles Thenar muscles Lumbrical muscles Palmar interosseous muscles Dorsal interosseous muscles
When discussing the hand where is the midline? 9
Middle finger
Where does the Abductor pollicis brevis m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action? 10
Thenar group
Origin:
Flexor retinaculum
Scaphoid tubercle
Trapezium tubercle
I —> proximal phalanx of thumb
N —> recurrent branch of median n.
Action:
Abducts thumb
Aids in opposition (thumb to pinkie)
Where does the Opponens pollicis m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Thenar group
Origin:
Flexor retinaculum
I —> 1st metacarpal
N —> recurrent branch of median n.
Action:
Oppose thumb
Rotate medially
Where does the Flexor pollicis brevis superficial head m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Origin:
Flexor retinaculum
Tubercle of trapezium
I —> proximal phalanx of thumb (lat. side of the base)
N —> recurrent branch of median n.
A —> flexes thumb
Where does the Flexor pollicis brevis deep head m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Thenar group
Origin:
Trapezoid
Capitate
I —>proximal phalanx of thumb (lateral side)
N —> deep branch of ulnar n.
A —>flexes thumb
Where does the adductor pollicis oblique head m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Origin:
Capitate
2nd metacarpal
3rd metacarpal
I —> proximal phalanx of thumb
N —> deep ulnar n.
A —> adducts thumb
Where does the Adductor pollicis transverse head m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Origin:
Palmar ridge of 3rd metacarpal
I —> tendon of oblique head
N —> deep ulnar n.
A —> adducts thumb
Where does the Abductor digiti minimi m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Hypothenar group
O —> pisiform
I —> proximal phalanx of 5th digit
N —> ulnar n.
Action:
Abducts fifth digit
Assists flexion
Where does the Flexor digiti minimi brevis m. originate from and insert into? What innervates it? What is its action?
Hypothenar group
Origin:
Hook of hamate
Flexor retinaculum
I —> proximal phalanx of 5th digit
N —> ulnar n.
A —> flexes proximal phalanx of 5th digit